The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works and its successor from 1992, the Massachusetts Highway Department, have been responsible for development and maintenance of all state highways and bridges in the Commonwealth. At the behest of the governor, and/or per a federal mandate in connection with receipt and expenditure of federal highway funds, various highway planning documents have been commissioned by and/or prepared for the state highway agency. The following plans are currently contained in this series, listed chronologically. With each is cited the container number and whether it is also available in the Massachusetts State Library. The master highway plan for the Boston metropolitan area, submitted to Robert T. Bradford, Governor, by the Joint Board for the Metropolitan Master Highway Plan, based upon a traffic survey by the Department of Public Works. Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency participating. Charles A. Maguire and Associates, consulting engineers. 1948 (Box 2. Mass. State Library: MR/ 625.7M3l:2/B741:M41m) A master plan of highways for the Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill metropolitan areas. Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads by Edwards, Kelcey, and Beck, consulting engineers. 1956 (Box 2. Mass. State Library: 625.7M31:2/L911:M41m) A master highway plan for the Fall River-New Bedford-Taunton metropolitan area. Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads by Charles A. Maguire & Associates, engineers. 1956 (Box 2. Mass. State Library: 625.7M31:2/F181:M41m) Inner belt and expressway system, Boston metropolitan area. Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in cooperation with U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. A joint venture report by Hayden, Harding & Buchanan and Charles A. Maguire & Associates, consulting engineers. 1962 (Box 1. Mass. State Library: F/625.7M3/D4lib) 1965 estimate of the cost of completing the national system of interstate and defense highways in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prepared by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce. 1964 (Box 3) Final report: Board of Inquiry of the Collapse of Steel Girders Span 7-Bridge W44-107, Worcester Expressway, I-290. Submitted to Massachusetts Department of Public Works. 1968. (Box 2. Mass. State Library: MR/624/M411:W91m) Southwest draft environmental impact statement, preliminary location report, program package evaluation report. Prepared for Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, Department of Public Works, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority by the Boston Transportation Planning Review. Alan M. Voorhees and Associates. 1972. (Box 1. Mass. State Library: MR/F/385M31/B741s)
