1909 News Clipping, "First Concrete Highway Built in the United States"
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Artifact Overview
Good roads meant good road surfaces. This one-mile stretch of Detroit's Woodward Avenue, pictured here, was paved with concrete in 1909. It was the world's first concrete road.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1909
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.B.35430
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
Caption under image:
"FIRST CONCRETE HIGHWAY BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES. In the spring of 1909 the work on improving Woodward avenue between the Six and Seven Mile roads was undertaken by the Wayne County Road Commission. One mile of concrete was laid as an experiment."
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