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Shell Oil Company road maps - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Shell Oil Company road maps - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Gas station road maps of states and cities from the 1940s and 1950s, mostly before the turnpikes, freeways, and interstates were built....

Posted by Michael Bates on September 24, 2019 10:01 AM

California Road Signs and Sights Gallery

California Road Signs and Sights Gallery Photos of landmarks on California highways, plus scans of historic California state highway maps from 1936, 1956, 1961, and 1966, showing the development of the freeway system, and signs and sites from New Mexico,...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 21, 2013 1:15 PM

Auto trails and named highways

Links: Auto trails and named highways Highway history: Massive collection of links from the Federal Highway Administration Auto trails links from AmericanRoads.us North American Auto Trails: Lists of hundreds of trails, including single- and two-state trails 1923 map of...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 25, 2013 7:43 PM

From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System - Highway History - FHWA

From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System - Highway History - FHWA How America went from hundreds of unofficially named auto trails (National Old Trail, Lincoln Highway, Ozark Trail, Dixie Highway, to name a few)...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 25, 2013 6:32 PM

AARoads Shield Gallery

AARoads Shield Gallery Highway signs for Interstates, U. S. highways, state highways, turnpikes, named roads, both contemporary and historic. Includes such wonders as Florida's color-coded U. S. highway signs....

Posted by Michael Bates on June 28, 2010 10:20 PM

Percy Shaw / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum

Percy Shaw / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum The elegantly designed, durable, self-wiping Catseye road reflector: "Shaw's eventual design consisted of four glass beads placed in two pairs facing in opposite directions, embedded within a flexible rubber moulding which...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 8, 2008 6:13 PM