July 8
| 1912 | OPR Traveling Inspector E. W. James tells the Third Annual Convention of the Montana Good Roads Congress, "There are many men in almost every community who can tell us how to build good roads, but we have yet to find the man who can tell us how to keep any kind of road in good condition easily. This means work and the expenditure of money." |
| 1961 | The Saturday Evening Post carries an article by Arthur W. Baum on "Our New Super-Road System," discussing "where it goes, how fast it is being built, and how it will change the lives and habits of countless Americans." |
| 2009 | Gregory G. Nadeau becomes the 19th Deputy Administrator. A former member of the Maine House of Representatives (1978-1990), Nadeau served as Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation before taking his Federal post. |
