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February 5

1919

BPR conducts a slab stress test on the Camp Humphreys concrete road to Alexandria, VA, with a loaded truck (5,000 pounds front, 17,000 pounds rear axle).

1957

Bertram D. Tallamy takes office as the second Federal Highway Administrator (and first confirmed by the Senate).
Photo: Francis C. Turner, Clifton W. Enfield, George M.
Williams, Sinclair Weeks, James C. Allen, John A.
Volpe, Arthur C. Clark, Edward H. Ted Holmes, and Charles D. Curtiss.

Photo: Francis C. Turner, Clifton W. Enfield, George M.
Williams, Sinclair Weeks, James C. Allen, John A.
Volpe, Arthur C. Clark, Edward H. Ted Holmes, and Charles D. Curtiss.

Associates present plaque to retiring Federal Highway Administrator John A. Volpe. From left to right: Francis C. Turner, Clifton W. Enfield, George M. Williams, Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, James C. Allen, John A. Volpe, Arthur C. Clark, Edward H. Ted Holmes, and Charles D. Curtiss.

1976

The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act authorizes the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project for upgrading Amtrak's main line to accommodate high-speed rail service between Washington, DC, and Boston, MA, via New York City. The project is managed by the FRA, but about 30 FHWA engineers, under David S. Gedney, provide the engineering expertise.

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