Pit & Quarry, October 2016
EVOLUTION SERIES Highway Funding BY MEGAN SMALLEY 1916 2 016 100 years 1916 2 016 100 years Highway and infrastructure funding has been a major political issue throughout the aggregate industrys history Producers and industry associations have played a role in the nations transportation funding by lobbying Congress to advance legislation And Pit Quarry has been there throughout the times reporting on lobbying efforts and the legislative changes affecting highway funding over the past 100 years Former Goodyear Tire Rubber Co President 1919 Frank Seiberling top photo stood in the bed of the Great Salt Lake Desert next to a portion of the Lincoln Highway in Utah The Lincoln Highway served as one of the first highways that connected the Atlantic to the Pacific S M Williams former president of the 1918 Highway Industries Association and general sales manager of Garford Motor Truck Co discussed the need to build more highways and roads in the United States to ease railroad congestion Each month in 2016 the Evolution Series highlights industry advancements over the past 100 years as seen in the pages of Pit Quarry 1944 Highway officials in each state shared their opinions on how much highway funding would be needed after World War II Based on their feedback the U S needed to update at least 75000 miles of highway pitandquarry com October 2016 PIT QUARRY 49
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