Records, 1973-1975, [n.d.].

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Records, 1973-1975, [n.d.].

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This collection includes correspondence, news articles, memorandums, meeting agendas and a slideshow script. Most of the correspondence is between members of the 520 First Association and members of the Iowa State Highway Commission, the governor (Robert D. Ray), and with each other about their campaign to commence building of Highway 520 in Iowa. A letter written to Iowa State Highway Commission by Donald B. Grau, president of the 520 First Association includes information about the association and the independent economic study contracted by the association. Also included are newspaper articles about the Association and the Highway 520 project, a list of signatures demanding that Highway 520 should be the next construction project undertaken in Iowa, as well as comic strips humorously pointing out why Iowa needs Highway 520.

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Iowa. Highway Commission

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Established in 1913, the Iowa Highway Commission accepted applications from road associations registering roads and auto trails to foster and organize automobile travel in Iowa. To register roads, each association submitted a completed registration application form, a five-dollar fee, a road marker design, and a map indicating the route. In conjunction with the National Highways Association, the Iowa Highway Commission and other good roads movement groups, road associations administered auto tra...

520 First Association.

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The 520 First Association, organized in 1970, had as its primary objective the immediate programming and construction of Freeway 520 (United States Highway 20). The organization's name echoes their desire that this project be given "first priority." After 1967, Iowa's Highway Commission planned on upgrading major routes through Iowa to four lanes. In the 1968 Highway Commission plan, controlled access freeways were given the 5xx designation. Freeway 520 is currently (2010) United States Highway ...

Ray, Robert D., 1928-

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