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On This Day in Automotive History: September 24

On This Day in Automotive History
September 24

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Birthdays: James Ryall (1882), Ed Kretz Sr. (1911), Ted Lund (1917), Wayne Fielden (1928), Mike Parkes (1931), Bob McLean (1933), Bobby Marshman (1936), Don Meacham (1936), Graeme Adams (1941), Bernard Beguin (1947), Philippe Dermagne (1950), Gary McDonald (1957), Bill Holt (1959), Akio Morimoto (1960), Larry Hunter (1962), Jeff Krosnoff (1964), Christophe Bouchut (1966), Troy Ermish (1966), Mathew Marsh (1968), Pete Wormcastle (1969), Glenn Allen Jr. (1970), Kelly Sutton (1971), Nathan Tucker (1973), Kelly McDougall (1974), Todd Wilkinson (1974), Yasser Shahin (1976), Jon Reynolds Jr. (1977), Dean Canto (1980), Kirk Sherwood (1980), Ryan Briscoe (1981), Brett Strom (1982), Josh Weston (1982), Juan Manuel Polar (1983), Jake Hinton (1986), Max Johnston (1993), Stephanie Moyer (1997)

1907: At a good roads convention in Springfield, Massachusetts, OPR Assistant Director A.S. Cushman says, "When I go out into the country I don't want to ride in an alley of signboards, and it is our business to protest against these sore spots along the thoroughfares."

1967: Secretary of Transportation Alan Boyd announces a $4.8 million contract with the city of Baltimore, MD, to finance a team of engineers, architects, city planners, sociologists, economists, and others who will work jointly on routing and design of a section of Interstate highway--the first such combined approach, which he says "may well set a pattern for designing urban highways across the nation."

1968: Secretary of Transportation John Volpe, Administrator Lowell Bridwell, and invited guests view the premiere of FHWA's film, "Highways Are For People," in the New Senate Office Building. The film stresses the beneficial role of highways in the development of the United States.

1971: Secretary of Transportation John Volpe is among the guests as the Duluth-Superior Bridge (Minnesota-Wisconsin) is renamed "The John A. Blatnik Bridge" (I-535). Representative Blatnik, says Volpe, "played a key role in establishing and fostering the foundation for this magnificent program back during the Eisenhower Administration." (See September 4, 1959.) The 7,975-foot bridge and its 2,800-foot approaches had been dedicated on December 2, 1961, with Administrator Rex Whitton and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges among those present.