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On This Day in Automotive History: December 28
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On This Day in Automotive History
December 28
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Birthdays: Ralph Mulford (1884), Philippe Etancelin (1896), Stubby Stubblefield (1907), David Murray (1909), Steve Truchan (1913), Nelson Stacy (1921), Gustave Gosselin (1927), Jack Choquette (1928), Byron Clouse (1930), W.E Baker (1932),
Jack Ingram (1936), Conny Andersson (1939), Bobby Allen (1943), Ted Giovanis (1945), Ray Richter (1947), Lester Smerdon (1949), Dave Decorie (1953), Jeff Barrister (1955), Mark Stinchcomb (1955), Hisashi Yokoshima (1957), Chad McQueen (1960), Ken Johnson (1961), Richard Wee (1964), Dave Garber (1967), Ari Straus (1968), Landry Potter (1969), Dave O'Blenis (1971), Wade Day (1972), Eric Foss (1973), Dan Savage (1973), Tara Beattie (1974), Spencer Pumpelly (1974), Johnny Clark (1979), Scott Payea (1981), Brian Frisselle (1983), Benny Simonsen (1983), Alex Lloyd (1984), Sean Patterson (1985), Frankie Montecalvo (1990), Brandon Lynn (1995), Scott Huffaker (1999), Michael Womack (1999), Zachary St. Onge (2001)
1922: Thousands attend the opening of the three-span concrete arch Swift Island Bridge, built with Federal-aid funds across the Yadkin (Pee Dee) River in North Carolina. In 1926, the bridge must be demolished to accommodate construction of a dam 9 miles downstream. The North Carolina State Highway Commission and Bureau of Public Roads appoint an advisory committee to conduct tests on the bridge for the benefit of future bridge designers. The committee's report, approved November 8, 1928, appears in the December 1928 and January 1929 issues of Public Roads. In addition, Bureau of Public Roads' Office of Motion Pictures releases a 20-minute film showing the method of loading, test apparatus in place, measurements being taken, and scenes of the bridge's destruction with explosives in experiments by the War Department.
1961: Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Administrator Rex Whitton, NPS Director Conrad Wirth, and State and local officials participate in a ceremony opening the 5,900-foot Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, which will carry Capital Beltway traffic across the Potomac River. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the President, was to have unveiled a plaque in the memory of her husband, but she is gravely ill. The bridge, which spans three jurisdictions (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia), was authorized when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved House Bill 83-704 on August 30, 1954. In 1958, Bureau of Public Roads began construction, which involved 13 contracts. The total cost of the bridge was $14 million. Only short sections of the beltway on either side of the bridge are open, but traffic on the bridge quickly reaches 18,000 vehicles per day.
1987: The song “Route 66” by Depeche Mode was released as a B-side to the single of Behind the Wheel.
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