gr00168.xml Highway Department An Inventory of Its State Road Files at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
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 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, January 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Dept. of Highways. State road files. circa 1906-1918, 1929-1972. Materials in English. Files documenting the early planning and construction of Minnesota's state highway system. They include petitions and resolutions for road construction, cost estimates, specifications, contracts, maps, engineers' reports, and certifications of completed construction. 11.0 cu. ft. (8 boxes and 2 oversize volumes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. ARRANGEMENT

In four subseries, each arranged by county: Road system files; Documents on state aid roads; Construction certificates and county auditors' reports, and Construction project logs.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Highway planning -- Minnesota. Road construction contracts -- Minnesota. Roads -- Minnesota -- Design and construction. Roads -- Minnesota -- Location. Document Types: Maps -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Dept. of Highways. State Road Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 979-2; 987-177; 2011-40

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was funded by the generous support of a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001728924

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 107.J.7.7B Road system files, circa 1906-1914.

Resolutions submitted to the state Highway Commission by county boards of commissioners, designating particular roadways as state roads [Laws 1905, Chapter 163, Section 9]. Arranged alphabetically by county; accompanied by county plats/maps (largely blueprint), sometimes annotated to show the location of the designated road.

107.E.2.1B Documents on state aid roads, 1911-1918.

Documents pertaining to individual state aid roads, including petitions for road construction, cost estimates, specifications, contracts, blueprints and maps, engineers' reports, instructions to bidders, and minutes and resolutions of county commissioners. Arranged alphabetically by county; thereunder by road number.

 Aitkin-Carlton counties. 107.E.2.2F Cass-Hennepin counties. 107.E.2.3B Hennepin-Koochiching counties. 107.E.2.4F Lac Qui Parle-Roseau counties. 107.E.2.5B Scott-Yellow Medicine counties. 107.E.2.6F Construction certificates and county auditors' reports, 1907-1913.

State aid highway construction and maintenance certificates, and county auditors' reports of road work done. Arranged alphabetically by county.

 Aitkin-Mille Lacs counties. 107.E.2.7B Morrison-Yellow Medicine counties. 139.F.2.1 Construction project logs, 1929-1972. 2 volumes.

Arranged alphabetically by county; each map is annotated to document construction projects with information such as the state project number and location, mileage length, trunk highway number, and other related information.

 1929-1950.

Map legend is contained on the inside cover.

 139.F.2.2 1950-1972.

Includes two sets of county maps: interstate highway projects and state highway projects.