Category:Michigan Department of Transportation

Subcategories

This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

Media in category "Michigan Department of Transportation"

The following 51 files are in this category, out of 51 total.

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  A macadam road, consisting of several layers of crushed stone (Making Michigan Move).png 670 × 362; 304 KB
  
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  A Rube Goldberg type of contraption was used for laying down centerline markings on state highways in the 1920's.png 308 × 539; 89 KB
  
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  Advancing technology steadily improved efficiency of highway construction.jpg 650 × 363; 169 KB
  
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  An elevated station for a traffic policeman.png 313 × 161; 28 KB
  
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  Ardale W. Ferguson of Benton Harbor.jpg 309 × 195; 38 KB
  
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  Auto travel on Michigan’s roads in springtime during the Age of Mud was anything but smooth and speedy.png 666 × 351; 143 KB
  
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  Before the opening of the Mackinac Bridge in 1957, crossing the Straits of Mackinac in winter could be a challenge to the heartiest.jpg 288 × 181; 34 KB
  
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  Clearing the roads in Wayne County in the winter of 1921.png 313 × 270; 45 KB
  
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  Congressional approval of a national interstate freeway system in 1956 triggered the greatest highway-building program in history.jpg 652 × 288; 96 KB
  
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  Department-sponsored vanpool program.jpg 314 × 162; 38 KB
  
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  Double-deck lift bridge built across the Portage Lake waterway.jpg 662 × 431; 179 KB
  
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  Downtown Detroit freeway system was finished in 1970.jpg 289 × 381; 68 KB
  
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  Draftsmen and design engineers of the State Highway Department at Lansing headquarters in 1916.png 649 × 402; 138 KB
  
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  Dual and Triple Routing on State Trunklines (March 17, 1983).pdf 1,275 × 1,650, 3 pages; 266 KB
  
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  Dual and Triple Routing on State Trunklines (October 19, 1982).pdf 1,270 × 1,618, 9 pages; 451 KB
  
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  Frank F. Rogers (Making Michigan Move).png 463 × 565; 326 KB
  
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  Good Roads Train (Making Michigan Move).png 661 × 344; 210 KB
  
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  Hannes Meyers Jr. of Zeeland.jpg 300 × 341; 59 KB
  
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  Here, safety engineers tested the effectiveness of a guardrail.jpg 591 × 268; 96 KB
  
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  Horatio S. Earle (Making Michigan Move).png 429 × 577; 364 KB
  
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  Horses pulling a primitive grader.png 658 × 390; 159 KB
  
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  Horses were still important to roadbuilding well into the 1930's.jpg 595 × 190; 72 KB
  
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  In 1925, the Michigan Highway Department became the first in the country to utilize aerial surveys for route location and engineering.png 663 × 408; 94 KB
  
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  Interstate 75 Freeway in Cheboygan County.jpg 665 × 400; 176 KB
  
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  John P. Woodford.png 362 × 537; 232 KB
  
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  Making Michigan Move.pdf 843 × 1,262, 40 pages; 11.73 MB
  
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  Marching bands helped open the final link in the 193 miles of I-96.jpg 659 × 378; 149 KB
  
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  MDOT logo 1978.png 456 × 301; 236 KB
  
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  Michigan's and the nation's first permanent travel information lodge was opened in 1933.jpg 300 × 202; 48 KB
  
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  Michigan’s prowess in planning and building superhighways was recognized by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1977.jpg 659 × 438; 151 KB
  
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  Murray D. Van Wagoner, who ran the Department from 1933 to 1940.jpg 310 × 212; 40 KB
  
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  Ohn C. Mackie, who ran the Department during Michigan's greatest freeway construction years.jpg 307 × 261; 50 KB
  
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  One of the Department’s greatest roadbuilding, feats was construction of the Detroit Industrial and Willow Run expressways.jpg 665 × 261; 90 KB
  
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  Paved bicycle path built in 1974 from Hillsdale to Jonesville.jpg 309 × 176; 40 KB
  
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  Prize-winning section of M-28 along the shore of Lake Superior.jpg 657 × 416; 135 KB
  
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  Proposed Trunkline Numbering Changes Related to the Completion of I-96 Freeway.pdf 1,650 × 1,272; 155 KB
  
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  Request for Official AASHTO Approval to Remove I-296 Route Designation from All References While Retaining the Route as Part of the Interstate System.pdf 1,275 × 1,650, 2 pages; 122 KB
  
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  Seventy-six modern rest areas were built along Michigan’s 1,800-mile freeway system by 1980.jpg 665 × 360; 147 KB
  
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  Sixty-five airplanes re-enacted the historic first air tour of Michigan in 1929.jpg 308 × 165; 39 KB
  
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  Starting in the 1970’s gas taxes helped pay for modern city buses.jpg 656 × 436; 204 KB
  
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  State officiate camped on the site when they made an inspection tour of state trunkline construction in Lenawee County prior to World War I.png 650 × 419; 167 KB
  
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  The age-old dream of connecting Michigan's two peninsulas became reality in 1957 with the opening of the Mackinac Bridge across the Straits of Mackinac.jpg 654 × 440; 160 KB
  
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  The nation's first mile of concrete road - After.png 649 × 492; 175 KB
  
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  The nation's first mile of concrete road - Before.png 662 × 500; 217 KB
  
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  The recycling of existing pavements.jpg 296 × 223; 49 KB
  
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  The state-launched Dial-a-Ride small-bus.jpg 283 × 174; 36 KB
  
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  The Tuscola, Saginaw and Bay Railway.jpg 661 × 234; 86 KB
  
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  This is the interchange of M-21 and I-475 freeways under construction in Flint.jpg 665 × 411; 201 KB
  
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  This park is located south of Sheridan on M-66 in Montcalm County.jpg 664 × 283; 127 KB
  
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  This travel information center on I-69 south of Coldwater was judged best in the nation in 1971 competition.jpg 658 × 341; 135 KB
  
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  Thousands of reliefers were put to work on highways as a means of putting unemployed men back to work.jpg 605 × 260; 95 KB