Historic Roads and Highways

Vintage photographs of roads and highways across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, depicting a mix of rural and urban landscapes with early 20th-century vehicles.

Hawaii Project No. S-5(2), Station 13-00. Original caption: View from Station 13-00, looking back toward "Y" intersection with Belt Road. Hawaii Project No. S-5(2), March 6, 1950. State: Hawaii.

Hawaii Project No. S-5(2), Station 13-00. Original caption: View from Station 13-00, looking back toward "Y" intersection with Belt Road. Hawaii Project No. S-5(2), March 6, 1950. State: Hawaii.

State Route 3, Secaucus Overpass. Original caption: View of State Route 3, from Secaucus Overpass, looking west, Jersey City, New Jersey. State: New Jersey.

Arlington County, Virginia - Bus Turnout. Original caption: Arlington County, Va. Bus Turnout (adjacent and separated) Eastbound in South Gate Road front of Navy Annex (F.O.B. No.2) looking east. Photo by T. W. Kines 9-13-45. State: Virginia. Place: Arlington County.

San Juan - Caguas Highway. Original caption: Puerto Rico Project FA-F-28(3), San Juan - Caguas Highway. View showing an intersection of the old road (center) with the new San Juan - Caguas Highway (which extends an approximate length of 14 miles from the southern limits of the city of San Juan to Caguas). The route constitutes the northern section of Insular Road No. 1 (FAP Rt. 1). State: Puerto Rico.

U.S. Route 40. Original caption: Looking east along US 40 about three miles east of Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1953. State: Maryland. Place: U S 40.

DC - Camp Springs Military Highway grade separation and interchange. Original caption: Maryland - Prince Georges County- Ramp & termini in NW quandrant of interchange between D.C. - Camp Springs Military Highway and Mahew Road (lower) Note tempo to 1 paved roadway on Military Highway - Photo by T. W. Kines - May 1945. State: Maryland. Place: Prince George's County.

Site of Proposed Revell-Ritchie Highway Interchange. Original caption: Site of Proposed Revell-Ritchie Highway Interchange - U S 50 and Maryland State Route 2. Approaches from Ritchie Highway to U S 50, leading to the Chesapeake Bay Ferry. Photo by C. H. Ritter, March 1952. State: Maryland. Place: Revell Highway.

View of U.S. 1, between Aiken, South Carolina and August, Georgia, showing 4-foot concrete median in foreground, looking east. Original caption: View of US 1, between Aiken, South Carolina and August, Georgia, showing 4-foot concrete median in foreground, looking east. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Georgia.

FAP E 2-R 14, Looking North into Trinidad. Original caption: FAP E 2-R 14. Looking north into Trinidad. Photo taken January 10 & 11, 1939. State: Colorado.

Road in Florida. Original caption: US 41 south of Venice, Florida. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Florida.

Grade separation of Virginia Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) overpassing Shirley Memorial Highway. Original caption: Grade separation of Virginia Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) overpassing Shirley Memorial Highway. General view of roadway, curb and rail. Photo by C. H. Ritter, April 28, 1950. State: Virginia. Place: Route 7 (Leesburg Pike).

U.S 301. Original caption: Looking north along U.S. 301 at grade separation structure carrying Route 5. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1953. State: Maryland.

View of U.S. Route 1 from atop overpass at Muirkirk, Maryland. Original caption: View of U.S. Route 1 from atop overpass at Muirkirk, Maryland. Photo by C. H. Ritter. May 1953. State: Maryland. Place: Muirkirk.

Street in Florida. Original caption: US 1 thru Goulds, Florida. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: Florida. Place: Goulds.

Concrete road with divided parkway on U.S. Route 1. Original caption: J. K. Hillers - May 1938. State: Florida. Place: Miami.

Overpass - U.S. 250 and Blue Ridge Parkway, Waynesboro, Virginia. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, August 3, 1950. State: Virginia.

Looking north along US 301 at spot shoulder paving, south of Marlboro, Maryland. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1953. State: Maryland.

East-West Highway between Silver Spring and Bethesda, Maryland. State: Maryland.

Cut Slope along Shirley Memorial Highway. Original caption: Shirley Memorial Highway - south of State Route 7 - showing sloughing of cut slope caused by flash storm of May 5, 1953. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1953. State: Virginia.

Roads - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

State Route 29 between Dublin and Soperton, Georgia. Original caption: State Route 29 between Dublin and Soperton, Georgia. Note well kept right of way. Right of way has been obtained for ultimate 4 lanes. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Georgia.

Drainageways along New Jersey Turnpike. Original caption: View of the New Jersey Turnpike showing erosion beginning in drainageway along the highway. Photo by T. W. Kines, March 1952. State: New Jersey. Place: New Jersey Turnpike.

Road in Florida. Original caption: Stabilized lime rock base on secondary road in Clay County, Florida. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Florida. Place: Clay County .

Road North of Taylorsville. Original caption: Road North of Taylorsville, Maryland. Photo by F. Sandberg, June 6, 1950. State: Maryland.

Looking north along Shirley Highway into Lincolnia overpass. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines and C. H. Ritter, May 1953. State: Virginia.

Shenandoah River Bridge on U.S. Route 340. Original caption: Shenandoah River Bridge Looking toward Harpers Ferry along U S Route 340. Photo by T. W. Kines, Dec. 1949. State: West Virginia. Place: Harpers Ferry.

Santa Ana Freeway. Original caption: Santa Ana Freeway, looking south from Lorena Street overpass. Photo by T. W. Kines, Nov. 10, 1953. State: California. Place: Los Angeles.

Arlington County, Virginia - Bus Turnout. Original caption: Arlinton County, Virginia - Bus Turnouts (adjacent & separated) Bus turnouts on South Gate Road east of entrance to Navy Annex (F.O.B.2). Photo by T. W. Kines 8-17-45. State: Virginia. Place: Arlington County.

Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) Between Naples and Miami, Florida. Original caption: Tamiami Trail (US 41) between Naples and Miami, Florida. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Florida.

Governor Ritchie Highway connecting Baltimore and Annapolis. Original caption: Governor Ritchie Highway connecting Baltimore and Annapolis. Photo by J. K. Hillers. August 27, 1941. State: Maryland.

Drive-in Theater in Columbia, South Carolina. Original caption: DRIVE-IN THEATER STUDY, 1949, by American Association of State Highway Officials. Drive-in Theater in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo by T. W. Kines, Jan. 8, 1950. State: South Carolina. Place: Columbia.

Bad Break in Concrete Pavement, U.S. 62. Original caption: Bad break in concrete pavement on US 62, north of Wickliffe, Kentucky. Photo by T. W. Kines, April 19, 1951. State: Kentucky.

Four-lane divided, looking south to intersection of Shirley Highway and State Route 635. Original caption: Four-lane - divided. Distant Shot of rigid frame structure at intersection of Shirley Memorial Highway and State Route 635, looking south. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: Virginia. Place: Fairfax County.

View of U.S. 1, between Aiken, South Carolina and August, Georgia, showing 4-foot concrete median - looking west. Original caption: View of US 1, between Aiken, South Carolina and August, Georgia, showing 4-foot concrete median - looking west. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Georgia.

Experimental Plant Mix Surface. Original caption: Puerto Rico Project S-18(1) Guayabotas Road. Experimental plant mix surface. Spreading plant mix with Barber - Green paver. State: Puerto Rico.

U.S. 1 ten miles north of Fort Pierce, Florida. Original caption: US 1 ten miles north of Fort Pierce, Florida. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: Florida.

S. R. 25 looking south, about 700' north of transition from divided to 2-lane highway, Windsor near Hightstown, New Jersey. State: New Jersey. Place: Hightstown.

Bus Turnout in Virginia. Original caption: Arlington County, Va. - Pedestrian overpass with Bus Turnouts (adjacent) passenger shelters and pedestrian barrier - Pentagon Road Network. Jefferson Davis Highway (Road "H") South of Memorial Avenue. Photo by T. W. Kines 8-17-45. State: Virginia. Place: Arlington County.

Route 3-A between Franklin and Bristol, New Hampshire. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, June 1952. State: New Hampshire.

19th Avenue, San Francisco. Original caption: Looking north on 19th Avenue - Six-lane divided, with parking. Photo by T. W. Kines, Aug. 17, 1948. State: California. Place: San Francisco.

U.S. 40, or Express Highway, looking east from atop Sarah Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Original caption: U.S. 40, or Express Highway, looking east from atop Sarah Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by T. W. Kines. April 1951. State: Missouri. Place: Saint Louis.

Robert E. Lee Motor Court. Original caption: Robert E. Lee Motor Court, Dutch Gap, Virginia on US 1. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: Virginia. Place: Dutch Gap.

Resurfacing treatment over culvert-fill on new road to Sandy Point terminal. Original caption: Looking east on new road to Sandy Point Ferry terminal. Resurfacing treatment over culvert-fill in middle distance. Photo by D. W. Loutzenheiser. May 2, 1945. State: Maryland. Place: Sandy Point Road .

San Juan - Caguas Highway. Original caption: Puerto Rico Project FA-F-28(3), San Juan - Caguas Highway. View showing a section of the San Juan - Caguas Highway, (which extends an approximate length of 14 miles from the southern limits of the city of San Juan, to Caguas). The route constitutes the northern section of Insular Road No. 1 (FAP Rt. 1). State: Puerto Rico.

Left-turn storage lane on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland. Original caption: Photo by C. H. Ritter, August 1953. State: Maryland.

Expressway in right background. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, April 20, 1951. State: Missouri. Place: St. Louis.

U.S. Route 11, Birmingham. Original caption: Superhighway - U. S. Route #11 - Birmingham, Alabama. Lessner Blvd., Taken by J. K. Hillers - 1938. State: Alabama. Place: Birmingham.

Toll booths at the south end of the New Hampshire Turnpike. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, June 1952. State: New Hampshire.

Drainageways on New Jersey Turnpike. Original caption: Cut on the New Jersey Turnpike just south of Woodbridge interchange. Photo by T. W. Kines, March 1952. State: New Jersey. Place: New Jersey Turnpike.

Toll gate north side of Housatonic River at the beginning of Wilbur Cross Parkway. Original caption: Toll gate north side of Housatonic River at the beginning of Wilbur Cross Parkway. Photo by T. W. Kines. November 20, 1947. State: Connecticut.

Road in Florida. Original caption: Asphalt, U.S. 19. Kines, February 6, 1946. State: Florida.

U.S. Route 40, New Philadelphia Road. Original caption: U. S. Route 40 - Maryland -New Philadelphia Road - Northeast of Winters Run - FA 335-H. State: Maryland.

Gasoline Station on U.S. 91 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, June 1953. State: Utah.

Toll Booths on New Jersey Turnpike. Original caption: Toll booths at the south end of the New Jersey Turnpike. Photo by T. W. Kines, March 1952. State: New Jersey. Place: New Jersey Turnpike.

View of south end of dual-dual section and adjoining divided roadway on U.S. 1 just south of Newark Airport. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines Sept. 13, 1947. State: New Jersey. Place: Newark.

Sunset Boulevard Freeway. Original caption: Sunset Boulevard Freeway, San Francisco, California. Photo by T. W. Kines, Aug. 17, 1948. State: California. Place: San Francisco.

U.S. Route 40 Near Havre de Grace, Maryland. Original caption: On U.S. Route 40 looking north toward Susquehanna River Bridge at Havre de Grace. Slope right - mulched and seeded - 1943. Note erosion on gravel shoulder right and appearance of long tangent alignment. State: Maryland.

Roads - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Arlington County, Virginia - Bus Turnout. Original caption: Arlinton County, Virginia - Bus Turnout (adjacent) Turnouts in diagonally opposite corners adjacent to 2-lane highways - Arlington Ridge Road at center entrance to Arlington Farms Residence Halls. Photo by T. W. Kines 8-17-1945. State: Virginia. Place: Arlington County.

Looking north along Georgia Avenue from Bonifant intersection. Original caption: A major street (6-lane divided, plus parking). Georgia Avenue Improvement, Silver Spring, Maryland, Project F-396(2). Looking north along Georgia Avenue from Bonifant intersection; median and median lane for left turn in center of picture. State: Maryland. Place: Silver Spring.

Public telephone turnouts on dual-dual section of U.S. 1, near Newark Airport, New Jersey. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, September 14, 1947. State: New Jersey.

Leif Ericson Drive from Oakwood Boulevard overpass looking south and north. Original caption: 48-1006 - Leif Ericson Drive from Oakwood Blvd. overpass looking south. 4 lanes south bound, 2 lanes north bound. Original caption: 48-1007 - Leif Ericson Drive from Oakwood Blvd. overpass looking north. 4 lanes south bound, 2 lanes north bound. Photos by T. W. Kines, July 28, 1948. State: Illinois. Place: Chicago.

Alaska Highway. Original caption: 43-3046-Aerial view of Alaska Highway north of Fort St. John showing winding pioneer road and straight permanent highway. Note traffic on lower road (permanent Highway. Original caption: 43-3047-D.M. Beach and C.D. Curtis on Richardson Highway about 80 jmiles south of Fairbanks. The U.S. Army had put river-run gravel on the highway, but the rounded, oversize rock did not compact. We stopped here to inspect tundra adjacent to the highway. State: Alaska.

Bus turnout. Original caption: Bus turnout (adjacent) - Details of - with passenger shelter and loading area. Pentagon Road Network - Jefferson Davis Highway (Road "H") south of Memorial Ave. Photo by T. W. Kines 9/13/45. State: Virginia. Place: Arlington County.

Highway 90. Between Gulfport & Biloxi, Mississippi. State: Mississippi.

State Highway 71, near Neosho, Missouri. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, September 2, 1948. State: Missouri.

Bridge on U.S. Highway No. 1 2.7 miles north of Ashland, Virginia, over R. F. and P. Railroad. Original caption: Bridge on U.S. Highway No. 1 2.7 miles north of Ashland, Virginia, over R. F. and P. Railroad. View looking east. Photo by T. W. Kines, Jan 4, 1951. State: Virginia.

Maintenance Work on Army Road North of Fort St. John; Trucks Tied Up During Thaw Period. Original caption: 43-1894: Maintenance work on the army road about 100 miles north of Fort St. John on the Alaska Highway. To escape muskeg, the road follws the tops of the ridges. April 8, 1943. Original caption: 43-1895: During the thaw period it is better to travel at night. An army blockade has tied up these trucks until after 10 p.m. Looking south, between Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. Picture taken at 7 p.m., April 7, 1943. Photos taken by Gail K. Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

Northern State Parkway, Westbury, Long Island, New York. State: New York. Place: Long Island.

Bus Turnout in Virginia. Original caption: Arlington County, Va. Bus Turnout (adjacent) with passenger shelter and stairway to pedestrian overpass. Pentagon Road Network, Jefferson Davis Highway (Road "H") south of Memorial Avenue. Photo by T. W. Kines 8-17-45. State: Virginia. Place: Arlington County.

Gasoline Station, Spotted Horse, Wyoming. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, Aug. 9, 1948. State: Wyoming. Place: Spotted Horse.

Signs on New Jersey Turnpike. Original caption: Signs on New Jersey Turnpike. Photos by T. W. Kines, March 1952. State: New Jersey. Place: New Jersey Turnpike.

Connecticut Avenue underpass. Original caption: Connecticut Avenue underpass. Photo by T. W. Kines, July 1951. State: District of Columbia. Place: Washington.

Roads - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Street in Florida. Original caption: US 1, divided highway, thru Datona Beach, Florida (South Ridgewood Avenue). Photo by T. W. Kines, january 1952. State: Florida. Place: Daytona Beach.

U.S. 40, or Express Highway. Original caption: U.S. 40, or Express Highway. Photo by T. W. Kines. April 20, 1951. State: Missouri. Place: Saint Louis.

Roads - Texas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Truck Terminal, Archer and Ashland Avenues. Original caption: Truck terminal, Archer and Ashland Avenues, Chicago, Illinois. Photos by T. W. Kines, July 26, 1948. State: Illinois. Place: Chicago.

Accident on 14th Street and Maine Avenue; Traffic Across Maine Avenue at 14th Street. Original caption: 39-480: Accident of car running wild across traffic as it happened at 1:30 P.M. on 14th Street and Maine Avenue. Taken by H. H. Ritter. Original caption: 49-481: Traffic at 4:35 P.M. under railroad across Maine Avenue at 14th Street. Taken by H. H. Ritter. State: DC. Place: Washington.

Street in Florida. Original caption: Model Mile on US 1, Jacksonville, Florida. Photos by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Florida. Place: Jacksonville.

U.S. Route 1, near Savage, Maryland. Original caption: U.S. Route 1, near Savage, Maryland. Compare with 42-3083. State: Maryland. Place: Savage.

Railroad grade separation on U.S. Route 1 near Princeton, New Jersey. Original caption: Railroad grade separation on U.S. Route 1 near Princeton, New Jersey. Companion to - 35555. J. K. Hillers - August, 1939. State: New Jersey.

Substantial Wooden Bridge on Road Through Black Canyon North of Fort Apache. Original caption: Substantial wooden bridge on road through Black Canyon north of Fort Apache. A.L. Westgard - April 19, 1911. State: Arizona Place: Black Canyon Road.

The Old Trail is Still Used By Natives with Their Wagons and Burrows, South of Las Vegas. State: New Mexico.

Construction Project on Route 17; Steel-Tired Cart; Erosion on Road Shoulder. Original caption: 48-1775: Road project under construction on Route 17 east of Christiansted, just beyond the section shown in 48-1774, receiving final seal coat and chips. Original caption: 48-1776: Another view of typical road under construction on Route 17 east of Christiansted, nearing completion. Original caption: 48-1777: The local use of steel-tired carts complicates the construction and maintenance of the road shoulders of the system in St. Croix. Original caption: 48-1778: Iron-tired cart traffic and motor vehicle traffic make it difficult to maintain typical road shoulders. In the foreground results of erosion on shoulders along the edge of the surfacing are evident. Photos by W. H. Simonson. State: Virgin Islands.

Point Where A Safe Turn-out and Rest Area Is Planned. Original caption: Typical vantage point from this road at high elevation where a safe turn-out and rest area for stopping among the trees is planned. Photo by W. H. Simonson. State: Virgin Islands.

Alaska Highway in Winter. Original caption: A winter afternoon along a section of the Alaska Highway built by J.A. Ramstead. Photo by Pinkstaff, Nov. 11, 1943. State: Alaska.

U.S. Route 40, Terre Haute to Brazil. Original caption: FAP 6-A - U S Route 40 - Terre Haute to Brazil - 19-foot parkway, 22-foot face curb to edge. Note 4-foot width of sod along edge of slab and also on shoulder slope. Taken 9-10-40. State: Indiana. Place: Clay County.

Damaged Road Along U.S. 69. Original caption: Rough, broken-up 18 foot concrete pavement and inadequate shoulders on US 69 south of McAlester, between Savanna and Kiowa, Oklahoma. These 7.8 miles of concrete pavement were constructed in 1924 and are obsolete for the 3,500 vehicles per day using this highway in 1950. This section of highway also extends along the east side of the US Naval Ammunition Depot from which installation considerable ammunition is hauled to US ports via truck transport over this road. State: Oklahoma.

Southbound approach and junction of US 1 and US 22 near Newark Airport; Vertical view of dual-dual section of U.S. 1. Original caption: 47-1452 - Southbound approach and junction of US 1 and US 22 near Newark Airport. Note Vehicle making improper left turn. Original caption: 47-1453 - Vertical view of dual-dual section of US 1 near Newark Airport. Vehicles on shoulder are parked. Photos by T. W. Kines Sept. 13, 1947. State: New Jersey. Place: Newark.

Vandeventer Avenue overpass on the Express Highway in the city of St. Louis, U.S. 40 T.R. Original caption: Vandeventer Avenue overpass on the Express Highway in the city of St. Louis. U.S. 40 T.R. A section of the Express Highway near the present easterly and showing the Vandeventer Avenue overpass and ramps connecting with Vandeventer Avenue in the city of St. Louis. August 17, 1940. State: Missouri. Place: Saint Louis.

Road in Florida. Original caption: US 92 thru Plant City, Florida - a narrow 2-lane highway carrying 14,000 cars daily. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Florida. Place: Plant City.

Street in Florida. Original caption: Looking north along Main Street toward State Street. Photo by T. W. Kines, January 1952. State: Florida. Place: Jacksonville.

Wondo-Dilla Road. Original caption: Spreading base course material. Km. 25. State: Ethiopia. Place: Wondo-Dilla Road.

Hawaii Project No. SDR 3(1), Station 30-00. Original caption: Hawaii Project No. SDR 3(1), March 30, 1950. Roadside turnout (unpaved) left of Station 30-00.Station 30-00. Hawaii Belt Highway on right. State: Hawaii.

Logging: Hauling - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Typical Lighting on 12 Mile Section West of Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Way. State: Canada. Place: Ontario.

Merritt Parkway, looking east, Fairfield, Connecticut. Original caption: High-type divided roadway. Merritt Parkway, looking east. Fairfield, Connecticut. Berlin, Nichols and Fairfield. Built by State of Connecticut. June 14, 1940. State: Connecticut. Place: Fairfield.

Sikanni Chief River valley and bridge mile J-115; Looking south about mile J-105, just north of the Beatton River Flight Strip. Original caption: 43-3130 - (figure 41) Sikanni Chief River valley and bridge mile J-115. A large slide has occurred in cut slope at left, is being removed. September 23, 1943. Original caption: 43-3131 - (figure 42) Looking south along highway about mile J-105, just north of the Beatton River Flight Strip which lies to left of road. Smoke column in distance is from a large forest fire. September 23, 1943. State: Alaska.

On Santa Fe Trail, Dirt Road. Original caption: On Santa Fe Trail. Dirt road. B. H. Burrell. Dec. 4, 1912. State: Colorado Place: Raton Pass.

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