By 1975, revenue and cost trends stabilized sufficiently to permit resumption of a regularly scheduled highway construction program, with 172 projects totaling nearly 137 miles and...
Economic conditions in the 1974-76 biennium slowed virtually all of the department’s operations as construction costs climbed 34 percent and revenue from state highwayuser tax sources...
In 1973, several Middle East nations imposed an embargo on exports of oil, forcing major changes in the United States and other countries. At the beginning...
Did you know that older adults are more likely to receive tickets and get into accidents than other drivers? This is because for some, decreased...
By the 1970s, Virginia was a rapidly urbanizing state. Its population had grown to more than 4.6 million, with two-thirds living in cities, towns, and suburbs....
Other study commission recommendations led in 1964 to steps aimed at equipping the Department of Highways to better meet the growing challenge. The General Assembly established...
It soon became evident, however, that the interstate routes alone would not adequately serve the burgeoning population and the increasing desire for mobility by Virginians in...
In 1923, a Delaware business executive named T. Coleman DuPont had built a three mile stretch of divided highway with his personal funds and had given...
Just after the war, Commissioner Anderson set a new objective for the state’s regrouping highway forces: Not a school day lost because of mud. Muddy roads...
Today’s cars and trucks require so little maintenance that most motorists simply fill up the tank with gas and occasionally check the air pressure in the...
