Highway Map State Nevada Scale by Durkee State Highway Engineer (1 results)

Single sheet, folded 3x. Verso: map. Recto: 8 panels with divers text announcements, including "Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws" & "Miscellaneous Distances". Map: 21-3/4" x 17". Folded: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2'. The NV Department of Highways was founded in 1917 with the mission "to surface what were often rutted dirt paths forged by pioneers." Other historical highlights of the Department include: ⢠January 1919. The Department's 1st major construction project was to build a trestle bridge over the Humboldt River in Pershing County at a cost of $10,953. Also in 1919, a $72,000 project kicked off to build a concrete roadway from Reno to ~ 6 miles south. ⢠in the mid 1920s, the states 45 mph speed limit was rescinded, and replaced with speed guidelines of limiting vehicle speeds to that of "sane and safe driving." ⢠1923. A gasoline tax was instituted, providing another vital source of funding for transportation projects. ⢠1929. the last NV link of U. S. Highway 91 near Apex was oiled, providing a smooth roadway surface from California across Nevada between California and Arizona. In later years, it would pave the way for Nevada's busiest interstate, I-15, which now traverses alongside the iconic Las Vegas Strip. OCLC records 3 holding institutions for this map, surprisingly enough, none in Nevada. Age-toning, with minor edge rash. Some short tears at the folds. A VG copy. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve 1st printing thus [i.e., this year], and apparently the NV Dept of Highway's 4th map overall, the first coming in 1919, followed by 1922 & 1927 [this latter also overseen by Durkee].