February 12
| 1902 |
The American Road Makers Association, forerunner of
ARTBA, is founded at the Cadillac Hotel in New York City.
Michigan's Horatio S. "Good Roads" Earle and William S.
Crandall of New York had formulated the idea during a
meeting on December 8, 1901. Director Martin Dodge
promptly endorsed the idea. However, of the 200 people
invited to participate, only 25 answered and only 4
attend the organizational meeting (16 sent proxies).
Earle chose the association's name because the acronym
"ARM" meant that the association "will never lower its
arm until its purpose, 'The Capital Connecting Government
Highway' is attained, connecting every state capital with
every other state capital, and every capital with the
United States Capital-Washington." 
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| 1914 | Senior Highway Engineer J. T. Voshell of OPR and Iowa State Highway Engineer Thomas H. MacDonald participate in the First Annual Conference on Concrete Road Building, held in Chicago, IL. | |
| 1942 | The Southeastern Association of State Highway Officials holds its first annual meeting in Asheville, NC. PRA participants include B. I. Segall ("Metropolitan Atlanta Master Traffic Plan Study") and Wilbur B. King ("Roadside Development"). | |
| 1981 | Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis administers the oath of office to Federal Highway Administrator Ray A. Barnhart, who will serve longer than any "Administrator" (through December 31, 1987). |
