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Camino del Norte : how a series of watering holes, fords, and dirt trails evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas
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Some five hundred miles of superhighway run between the Rio Grande and the Red River-present-day Interstate 35. This towering achievement of modern transportation engineering links 7.7 million peop...
Some five hundred miles of superhighway run between the Rio Grande and the Red River-present-day Interstate 35. This towering achievement of modern transportation engineering links 7.7 million people, yet it all evolved from a series of humble little trails.
Details
- Creator
- Howard J. Erlichman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- College Station : Texas A and M University Press, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : maps
- data file
- ISBNs
- 1603445463, 1299052312, 9781299052314, 1585444731, 9781603445467, 9781585444731
- OCLC
- ocn654513963
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index.
- English.
- Digging into the highway's past -- In quest of silver, 1519-1776 -- The roads to war, 1777-1840 -- The Texas frontier, 1840-1860 -- From trails to rails, 1860-1900 -- Good roads for Texas, 1870-1917 -- Federal dollars for roads, 1918-1938 -- A national system, 1938-1960 -- Interstate 35 comes to pass, 1960-2000