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Category Archives: Roads
Help for Visual impact assessments
Download the recently published National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) report entitled Evaluation of Methodologies for Visual Impact Assessments. Continue reading
New Jersey DOT Releases Historic Roadway Study
The New Jersey Department of Transportation released the three components of its historic roadway study. Continue reading
Transportation Research Board ADC50 Summer Meeting
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) ADC50 Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation is partnering with the Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Heritage for their annual summer meeting. The joint conference will be July 15-19 Continue reading
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Tagged ADC50, conferences, Historic Preservation, roads, tools & resources, TRB
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Historic Roads Working Group Convenes
Last Saturday, historians and cultural resource professionals met at the National Council of Public History/Organization of American Historians conference to discuss historic roads and how to advance their understanding, preservation and public interpretation. Continue reading
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How Much is a Piece of the “True Road” Worth? – NCPH Conference Working Group
This April a group of professionals interested in historic roads will be convening a working group to address this resource at the National Council on Public History’s (NCPH) annual meeting. Working Group participants, including myself, have developed case studies outlining their experience and views on historic roads. Continue reading
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Tagged conferences, Historic Preservation, Historic roads, National Council on Public History, NCPH, research, roads
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Flexible design in practice: Case studies in CSS
Transportation project planners and designers can find practical guidance on proven approaches to flexible design at Contextsensitivesolutions.org. CSS case studies featured here show flexible design elements from around the U.S. Continue reading
Route 66 Economic Impact Study
If you are interested in Route 66 and/or the economic impact of historic preservation, this study is for you. The purpose of the study was to better understand and quantify the positive effects of historic preservation along Route 66 Continue reading
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Historic Roads Conference – Call for Papers
Posted in Conferences, Policy, Preservation, Roads
Tagged conferences, cultural landscapes, historic bridges, roads
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Summer travels – visiting the Pigtail Bridges
Mead & Hunt historian Heather Goodson traveled to the Black Hills of South Dakota this summer and experienced the famous Pigtail Bridges on the road between Custer State Park and Mount Rushmore National Memorial: She reported the following Continue reading
Looking for a summer road trip?
You may want to check out one of the most beautiful scenic roads in America. The Blue Ridge Parkway, Cottonwood Pass, Natchez Trace, I-90 through the Great Plains, and, of course, the Pacific Coast Highway are pictured in a Huffington Post photo album called The Best Roads to Drive in America. Continue reading
