Statewide road inventory files, 1936-1950 (bulk 1936-1943).

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Statewide road inventory files, 1936-1950 (bulk 1936-1943).

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Manuals, instructions, memoranda, field notes, news bulletins, statistical tables, and work sheets relating to an inventory of Minnesota roads conducted during the 1930s and early 1940s as part of a statewide Minnesota Highway Planning Survey, a joint research project of the Minnesota Dept. of Highways and the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. It compiled information on the location, physical condition, traffic hazards, proximity to points of origin or destination, and related data on state roads, primarily in rural areas.

2.2 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 oversize v.).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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