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History: Bureau of Public Roads, established effective July 1, 1918, by redesignation of Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, transferred to FWA by Reorganization Plan No. I of 1939, effective July 1, 1939, and redesignated Public Roads Administration.
30 Ιουν 2023 · homas H. MacDonald, who headed the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) from 1919 to 1953, is a towering figure in the history of highways. He helped to revitalize the Federal-aid highway program by initiating a system focus, with emphasis on roads that were "interstate in character," in the Federal Highway Act of 1921.
By Rene Wright I was one of the lucky ones to come into the Bureau of Public Roads in its early stages. The Bureau had begun as the Office of Public Roads and Public Engineering in the Department of Agriculture and its principle activity was helping farmers build windmills, design drainage, etc.
The Federal Highway Administration was created on October 15, 1966, along with the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the National Highway Safety Bureau (now known as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), as part of the new U.S. Department of Transportation. [6] The FHWA took over the functions of the Bureau of Public Roads the following year.
The mix of articles in these early issues included articles bylined by officials of the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR, as the agency was called beginning July1, 1918), but many were by State highway officials, often with a focus on dealing with damage from trucks carrying heavy loads.
The Bureau of Public Roads, established in the Department of Agriculture in 1893 to make “inquiries with regard to road management,” was given responsibility for the program, and an apportionment formula based on area, population, and mileage of post roads in each state was adopted.
Its purpose is the construction and improvement of public roads, and the promotion of agricultural engineering. It administers the Federal Aid Road Act, and it investigates and disseminates information regarding all of the phases of road construction.
