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On This Day in Automotive History: September 12

On This Day in Automotive History
September 12

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Birthdays: Harry Stutz (1876), Arthur Thurman (1879), Jimmy Murphy (1894), Lou Moore (1904), Leslie Brooke (1910), Billy DeVore (1910), Ray Richards (1915), Ebe Yoder (1916), Charlie Kolb (1923), Mickey Katlin (1927), Bob Reuther (1927), Jackie Epstein (1934), Russ Chapman (1942), Eddie Keizan (1944), Larry Caron (1946), Harold Fair (1946), Ron Keselowski (1946), Peter Kutemann (1947), Nelson Oswald (1947), Bobby Sands (1947), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Bernard Chevanne (1949), Johnny Coy Jr. (1949), Ken Ragan (1950), Kenny Hemphill (1951), Michael Lauer (1955), Ricky Rudd (1956), Steve Lisa (1959), Frank Mountain (1959), Kevin Hinckle (1961), Ron Rainwater (1961), Dale White (1961), Kenny Phillips (1962), Ted Ballou (1963), Kevin Roush (1963), Steve Redditt (1964), Mike Bettenhausen (1966), Luigi Giorgio (1966), Bruno Lambert (1967), Kevin Powell (1967), Ed Curtis (1968), Troy Cline (1969), J.R. Kent (1970), Mark Zonneveld (1971), Paul Walker (1973), Adam Wallis (1973), Guy Smith (1974), David Cook (1976), Grant Denyer (1977), Brad Van Houten (1977), Akihira Okamoto (1978), Nick DeFazio (1983), J.R. Patton (1983), Adam Sharpe (1984), Kelvin Snoeks (1987), Justin Boston (1989), Tyler Alati (1990), Yuji Kunimoto (1990), Fraser Ross (1990), Matt Chahda (1993), Kyle Crump (1995), Kyle Tellstrom (1995), Colin Allman (1997), Tim Richmond (1998), Thad Moffitt (2000), Dawson Cram (2001), Charles Leong (2001)

1910: OPR joins with Cornell University for an additional nine test experiments in Ithaca, New York, to determine the value of different road binders applied by different methods (15 experiments were completed in FY 1910). The experiments, on the university's East and South Avenue, are concluded August 12, 1911.

1975: FHWA releases a report on Citizen Participation and the Role of the Public Hearing, prepared by the Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council. It discusses techniques and organizational structures used by the Nation's State highway agencies for administering public hearings and otherwise involving the public in the highway development process.

1991: A $40-million I-90 viaduct bypass of Wallace, ID, officially opens today, diverting interstate traffic from the town, where motorists had for many years been delayed by the widely publicized "last stoplight on I-90" (at Seventh and Bank Streets). The Interstate highway, originally set to go through downtown Wallace, had been delayed by years of controversy before plans for the viaduct on the edge of town were approved. On September 14, the town holds a Last Stoplight Celebration, during which City Councilman Mike Aldredge tells a throng of over 1,000, "Like the whippet and the buttonhook, the iceman and the lamp lighter, the livery stable and the company store, cruel progress has eliminated the need for the services of our old friend."

1993: The Lacey V. Murrow Bridge, a 6,500-foot floating bridge over Lake Washington, opens as part of I-90 in Seattle, Washington. Emergency relief funds had been used to replace the original bridge, the world's first floating concrete bridge, which had opened in 1940 and been destroyed by flooding on November 25, 1990. The bridge had been closed for reconstruction at the time of the flood. The National Society of Professional Engineers includes the new bridge among the 10 Outstanding Engineering Achievements of 1993.