The first *100 year milestone* in US route history

Started by usends, November 21, 2024, 07:05:43 AM

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usends

On Nov. 20, 1924, AASHO wrote, "This Association hereby requests the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the several states, to undertake immediately the selection and designation of a comprehensive system of through interstate routes..." That ultimately led to the creation of the US highway system, inaugurated two years later. My new book (available in 2025) will be full of factoids like that. More info about it can be found in this thread, but you can click here and sign up to be notified when the book becomes available.
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pderocco


Scott5114

Roads were under USDA at first because their primary purpose was considered to be getting goods from farm to market. Then they were under Commerce for a few decades before USDOT was created in the 1970s.
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Quillz

Quote from: Scott5114 on November 22, 2024, 02:05:42 AMRoads were under USDA at first because their primary purpose was considered to be getting goods from farm to market. Then they were under Commerce for a few decades before USDOT was created in the 1970s.
This is like the road geek version of the "fun fact" about the Secret Service being under the oversight of the Treasury Department prior to 2002 or so, since presidential security is something that wasn't done until much more recently. Their primary job has been (and still is) investigating counterfeit currency.

pderocco

Quote from: Quillz on November 23, 2024, 09:11:04 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 22, 2024, 02:05:42 AMRoads were under USDA at first because their primary purpose was considered to be getting goods from farm to market. Then they were under Commerce for a few decades before USDOT was created in the 1970s.
This is like the road geek version of the "fun fact" about the Secret Service being under the oversight of the Treasury Department prior to 2002 or so, since presidential security is something that wasn't done until much more recently. Their primary job has been (and still is) investigating counterfeit currency.
They may eventually lose their original job, as dollar bills are used less and less. I haven't used one in at least a month.

formulanone

Quote from: Scott5114 on November 22, 2024, 02:05:42 AMRoads were under USDA at first because their primary purpose was considered to be getting goods from farm to market. Then they were under Commerce for a few decades before USDOT was created in the 1970s.

Every roadgeek knows it's a backronym for United States Driving Association.

Actually, I didn't know that. Makes sense, though.

SEWIGuy

Quote from: pderocco on November 23, 2024, 06:22:41 PM
Quote from: Quillz on November 23, 2024, 09:11:04 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 22, 2024, 02:05:42 AMRoads were under USDA at first because their primary purpose was considered to be getting goods from farm to market. Then they were under Commerce for a few decades before USDOT was created in the 1970s.
This is like the road geek version of the "fun fact" about the Secret Service being under the oversight of the Treasury Department prior to 2002 or so, since presidential security is something that wasn't done until much more recently. Their primary job has been (and still is) investigating counterfeit currency.
They may eventually lose their original job, as dollar bills are used less and less. I haven't used one in at least a month.


The Treasury Department doesn't issue paper money.



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