Records prepared for the Joint Committee Investigating State Departments, 1940-1941.

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Records prepared for the Joint Committee Investigating State Departments, 1940-1941.

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Copies of Highway Department correspondence, reports, forms, blueprints, and maps, together with general statements prepared by the Highway Department for the legislative committee investigating the activities of state departments. These records relate to the operation of the Division of Lands and Right of Way, particularly to right of way acquisition for trunk highways in Koochiching County (No. 11), along the north shore of Lake Superior (No. 61), and along the shore of Lake Mille Lacs (Nos. 169 and 18).

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The Minnesota Legislature created the Department of Highways in 1917 to oversee the construction of Minnesota highways. The basic highway plan for Minnesota was endorsed by the Legislature in the early 1920s, with the creation of a system of 70 trunk highways. In 1976, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) was created by the Legislature and assumed the responsibilities previously held by the Department of Highways. From the description of State of Minnesota, Dept. of Hi...

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