Moving Washington Timeline

The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005

Walt Crowley, Kit Oldham, and the HistoryLink Staff

• $12.95 paperback (9780295985619) Add to Cart
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• Published: 2005
• Bibliographic information: 128 pp., 300 color illus., 8.5 x 6.5 in.
• Distributed for: HistoryLink and Washington State Department of Transportation
• Contents

From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington's transportation system during a century of technological revolution and dramatic transformation of its communities and landscapes. Washington's transportation system includes one of the nation's finest road networks, an internationally renowned ferry system, passenger and freight rail, statewide airports, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and a myriad of other programs.

Walt Crowley is the author of more than a dozen books on Northwest history and is director of HistoryLink.org, the free, nonprofit encyclopedia of state and local history in Washington. Kit Oldham is a staff historian for HistoryLink and a lawyer.

Foreword
Transportation Before Statehood
1889-1920: On the Road
1921-1940: First Gear
1941-1960: Stop and Go
1961-1977: Pedal to the Metal
1978-2000: Changing Course
A New Century: 2001 and Beyond
Appendixes