Maps, 1920-1957.

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Maps, 1920-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317123893

Tourist maps, maps showing the status of state trunk highways and improvement projects (1922, [1927?], 1934-1957), general highway maps (1950-1951), a map and description of the state's initial trunk highway system ("Babcock plan," 1920), two maps showing strategic highway routes in 1940 and 1941, and 1936 atlas of general highway county maps.

1.35 cu. ft. (1 half-Hollinger box and 1 double oversize box).

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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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...