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6 unusual facts about Good Roads Movement


Andrew Jackson Montague

A conservative Democrat, he is best remembered for his support of public education and the Good Roads Movement during his term as Governor.

Good Roads Movement

The movement gained national prominence when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 on July 11, 1916.

Illinois Route 13

Illinois Route 13 did not take its current physical form, though, until after the enactment of the Good Roads Movement paving program in 1918.

Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.

Governor Sanders was remembered as the "father of the Good Roads Movement in Louisiana."

Roy Stone

After the war, Stone became a leading advocate of the Good Roads Movement.

Stark Street Bridge

This bridge replaces an old wooden structure which fell on Good Roads' Day, April 25, 1914, dropping a 5-ton auto truck into the river.


Maryhill Loops Road

The Maryhill Loops Road was an experimental road in south central Washington, United States, built by Good Roads promoter Samuel Hill with the help of engineer and landscape architect Samuel C. Lancaster, climbing the Columbia Hills from the Columbia River and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway to his planned Quaker utopian community at Maryhill, Washington.


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