Executive Division: Administrative correspondence of the commissioner. 1957-1958. (3 ft.). Letters in, carbons of letters out, interoffice memoranda and informal reports relating to location, re-location, maintenance and repair of the trunkline system. Arranged alphabetically by name of country. Records relating to State Safety Commission. 1957-1960 (7 in.). Agenda, minutes of Commission and various sub-committees, policy agreements, interoffice memoranda and directives, report of executive secretary, informational statements relating to safety problems, statistics and the like. Arranged chronologically. Records relating to Water Resources Commission. 1957-1960. (11 in.). Agenda, minutes, transcriptions of conferences and statutory hearings relating to the responsibilities and work of the Commission. Arranged chronologically. Office Services: Reports relating to right of way acquisition in Wayne County. 1954. (2 in.). Letters and carbons of letters in, copies of letters out, statistical lists of real estate appraisal by parcels comprising John C. Lodge-Edsel Ford Expressway in response to request from Governor G. Mennen Williams, February 25, 1954. Lists offer number of parcel, amounts of independent outside real estate appraisals, negotiated settlement price, jury awards in cases of condemnation and original Department estimate. Report relating to right of way acquisition for highways in Districts nos. 1-4, 6-8. N.D. [1950s]. (5 in.). Offers glossary of suffixes to parcel numbers and their meaning within report, project identification number for specific highways, number of parcel, amount of appraised value by staff and independent, amount paid for parcel and whether negotiated or condemned. Arranged numerically by designation of district wherein located, then by project number. Planning Division: Workpapers of highway study. 1938-1957. (16 ft., 5 in.). Mainly worksheets of Michigan Legislative Highway Study for determining needs of primary road (ASE-S1) and local road structure (ASF-C4); "M" routes studies of rural State Trunkline System (ASF-M1); cities over 5,000 population; urban State Trunkline System and major streets; United States routes as part of rural State Trunkline System, 1955. Includes correspondence, directives, and reports relating to needs, study, 1955; engineering report, 1955; and Northern Lakes Regional Study, 1938-1940. Forms offer identification, classification, basic problems, suggested solutions, traffic, character and cost of work to be done. Also includes 170 general highway maps, 24 1/2" x 18", from data obtained from Highway Planning Survey conducted in cooperation with United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads, C1952-1954. Most are accompanied by supplemental sheets showing Federal Aid System, 1940 revised to 1957, 13" x 9 3/4", and tabulation of bids submitted. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, name of county or municipality; and numerically by designation of road, i.e. U.S. 2 - U.S. 45. See microfilm reels 1069-1077 for microfilmed records of the Michigan Legislative Highway Study, 1955.
