Road Geek Book Club

[silverback1065]

any road geek website recommendations?

[Rothman]

any road geek website recommendations?

www.aaroads.com

[andy3175]

A few books I have in my library (some are repeats from above, some are better than others, and this list is in no particular order) ...

Highways and Our Environment by John Robinson, 1971
US Highway 89: The Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks by Ann Torrence, 2009
One Hundred Years of Progress: A Photographic Essay on the Development of the California Transportation System by Raymond Forsyth and Joseph Hagwood, 1996
The Road Ahead: The Automobile Club of Southern California 1900-2000 by Kathy Talley-Jones and Letitia Burns O'Connor, 2000
The Spirit of the Road: One Hundred Years of the California State Automobile Association by Tom Turner and John Sparks, 2000
The Creation of Bridges: The Ultimate Challenge of Architecture, Design, and Distance by David Bennett, 1999
Houston Freeways by Erik Slotboom, 2003 (excellent; I wish every major city had a book like this)
Interstate Exit Authority: A Complete Directory of Services, Businesses, and Attractions within a Quarter Mile of Every Interstate Exit from Coast to Coast, 1999
Milemarking I-80: San Francisco to New York (2nd Edition) by Mary Lu Kost, 1994
Historic US Route 20: A Journey Across America's Longest Highway by Bryan Farr, 2013 (met Bryan at the Wyoming State Fair a few years ago and highly recommend this book, which is loaded with great photos)
High Steel: Building the Bridges across San Francisco Bay by Richard Dillon, 1979
Highway: America's Endless Dream by Jeff Brouws, Bernd Polster, and Phil Patton, 1997
Miracle Bridge at Mackinac: David B. Steinman and John T. Nevill, 1957
Los Angeles and the Automobile: The Making of the Modern City by Scott L. Bottles, 1987
Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life by Tom Lewis, 1997
Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz by Richard A. Beal, 1991
Survive the Drive: How to Beat Freeway Traffic in Southern California by David Rizzo/Dr. Roadmap, 2006
The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift, 2011
Interstate 69 by Matt Dellinger, 2010
Greetings from the Lincoln Highway, America's First Coast-to-Coast Road by Brian Butko, 2005
Western Images, Western Landscapes: Travels along U.S. 89 by Thomas R. Vale and Geraldine R. Vale, 1989
Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes, 2005
Take an Alternate Route:An Impudent but Affectionate Look at Freeways and Expressways of the West from the Vantage Point of Half a Million Miles behind the Steering Wheel by Paul Panther Pierce, 1968
LA Freeway: An Appreciative Essay by David Brodsly, 1981
Historic Highway Bridges of California by the California Department of Transportation, 1990
The Roads that Built America: The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System by Dan McNichol, 2003
Route 66 Remembered by Michael Karl Witzel, 1996/2003
Spanning the Gate: The Golden Gate Bridge by Stephen Cassady, 1979
Images of 66: An Interactive Photographic Journey along the Length of the Mother Road by David Wickline, 2006
Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis, 2001
Route 66: Iconography of the American Highway by Arthur Krim, 2005
The Great American Road Trip: U.S. 1 Maine to Florida by Peter Genovese, 1999
U.S. 1: America's Original Main Street by Andrew H. Malcolm, 1991
Route 66 in California by Glen Duncan and the California Route 66 Preservation Foundation, 2005
The Old US 80 Highway Traveler's Guide: Phoenix to San Diego by Eric J. Finley, 1997
The Bay Bridge by Paul C. Trimble and John C. Alioto Jr, 2004
On the Road to Yellowstone: The Yellowstone Trail and American Highways 1900-1930 by Harold A. Meeks, 2000
To Donner Pass from the Pacific: A Map History Covering 150 Years of California's Lincoln Highway, Victory Highway, US 40, I-80, Henness Pass, Pacific Turnpike, and Dutch Flat Donner Lake Toll Roads from 1852 to 2002 by Jack E. Duncan, 2001

I also have a few DOT publications for route logs, average daily trips, and related information from when this information was not readily available on the Internet, as well as the AAA Tour Books, some regional travel books (such as Moon Handbooks) and some old Thomas Guide map books.

[1995hoo]

A few years ago there was a book called American Autobahn about what would need to happen for the Interstate system to operate without speed limits. The practical chapters alternated with less-interesting "fantasy drives" where the author is asking you to visualize his ideas.

[hm insulators]

George R. Stewart's classics, U.S. 40: Cross Section of the United States of America and N.A. 1: The North-South Continental Highway

There used to be a copy of US 40 at the public library in Lihue on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, of all places. I used to read it when I lived there thirty plus years ago.