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Dedication of Wisconsin's First Expressway

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ...
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Moving Boulder with Bulldozer

Date: 10 1959
Description: Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Downtown Milwaukee Interstates

Date: 03 09 1965
Description: Aerial view and illustration of projected projects, including interstates and interchanges in downtown Milwaukee, for the 1970's.
Photograph

Construction of State Highway 23-39

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Mineral Point showing State Highway 23-39 under construction.
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State Highway 23-39 Construction

Date: 1955
Description: An aerial view of Mineral Point showing the construction of State Highway 23-39.
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Badger Interchange Construction

Date: 1961
Description: Construction of the Badger Interchange of I-90 and I-94.
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Interstate Construction, Rock County

Date: 1959
Description: Interstate construction at the Colley Road and I-90 overpass in Rock County. The contractor is Shappert Engineering Company.
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Interstate Highway Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Excavation for bridge column footings for the Mirror Lake Bridge.
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Interstate Grading

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the intersection of the interstate highway with USH 12 between Baraboo and Lake Delton with the initial grading largely completed.
Photograph

Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction.
Photograph

Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment.
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Interstate Overpass Construction

Date: 1961
Description: Construction at an unidentified interstate highway intersection in Wisconsin showing the scaffolding in place on a completed span on which the upper span w...
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Interstate Highway Construction Sign

Date: 07 1968
Description: Interstate Highway I-90 sign erected to point out to motorists the use of tax dollars in highway improvements.
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Roadbuilding Equipment on Interstate 90

Date: 
Description: Road construction workers at an unidentified location on I90 & I94 operate a construction machine that combines several steps of the concrete pour process....
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Interstate Bridge Framework

Date: 1961
Description: View taken from below of the Interstate Highway I-535 bridge during construction.
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Interstate Resurfacing

Date: 1985
Description: View from an overpass of a resurfacing operation on I90/94 near Madison.
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Building I-94 with Earthmover

Date: 10 1959
Description: Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers.
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Marquette Interchange

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view of early construction at the Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee, the junction of Interstate Highways I94 and I43. Construction began in 1964, ...
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Highway 77 Construction

Date: 1930
Description: Construction equipment and dump trucks belonging to the Wagner Erling Company work on the beginnings of Highway 77 in South Dakota.
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Badger Shovel with McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 11 11 1937
Description: A man shovels dirt from a highway five miles north of Richmond next to an Austin-Western Badger shovel powered by a McCormick-Deering engine. The equipmen...

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