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1945

Commissioner Thomas MacDonald testifies on "Housing Developments and Express Highways" before the Subcommittee on Housing for the Post-War Period. Using the Shirley Memorial Highway in northern Virginia as an example, he shows how the "location and development of modern housing projects and the provision of express highways are closely interrelated."

Rotary intersection at junction of Shirley Highway, Seminary Road, and Gunston Road in Virginia near Washington, DC. Through traffic flows freely under circle that provides access to housing and shopping area. Illustration used by Commissioner Thomas H. MacDonald during House testimony.

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