Ross Netherton transportation collection, 1950s-1990s.

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Ross Netherton transportation collection, 1950s-1990s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774717980

This collection contains materials on several aspects of highway planning from design and expense to noise and environmental standards. Materials include books, brochures, design proposals, maps, and numerous reports issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board.

4.5 linear ft.

George Mason University, Fenwick Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8196293

George Mason University, Fenwick Library

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National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Netherton, Ross De Witt, 1918-2010

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Since the 1960s Ross De Witt Netherton has worked alongside his wife, Ann Rohrke "Nan" Netherton, to preserve and record the history of Northern Virginia. Ross Netherton studied law at the University of Chicago and, in addition to engaging in historic preservation, has embarked on a long career teaching law and conducting legal research in academia, private industry, federal administrative offices, and Congressional study commissions. The materials in this collection derive from Netherton's rese...

United States. Federal Highway Administration

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Until 1960, the federal government had responsibility for roads and bridges in Alaska: the Alaska Road Commission, under the War Dept., from 1905-1932, and the Interior Dept. from 1932 to 1956 when it was absorbed by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. In 1960, after statehood, Alaska State Department of Highways was organized and assumed responsibility for the State's highway program. From the description of U.S. Federal Highway Administration photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1950-...