Saving Historic Roads

by Paul Daniel Marriott; National Trust for Historic Preservation

• ISBN13: 9780471197621
• ISBN10: 0471197629
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The first book on legal, design, planning and regulatory guidelines for maintaining and preserving historic roads.

Author Biography

PAUL DANIEL MARRIOTT is a landscape architect and city planner with the Rural Heritage Program at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. He directs the National Task Force for Historic Roads. The NATIONAL TRUST is chartered by Congress to encourage the preservation of sites, buildings, and places significant to American history and culture.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	IX	(2)
THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR HISTORIC ROADS	XI	(2)
AUTHOR'S NOTE	XIII
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION	1	(9)
Chapter 2. HISTORIC ROADS DEFINED	10	(10)
Chapter 3. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW	20	(48)
Chapter 4. THE AASHTO GREEN BOOK	68	(38)
Chapter 5. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO	106	(16)
Chapter 6. SAVE YOUR HISTORIC ROAD	122	(26)
Chapter 7. CASE STUDIES	148	(30)
The Arroyo Seco Parkway, California	149	(6)
Bellevue Avenue, Rhode Island	155	(3)
A Policy for Historic Roads and Bridges, Vermont	158	(5)
The Merritt Parkway, Connecticut	163	(4)
The Lincoln Highway, Nebraska	167	(5)
Acadia National Park, Maine	172	(6)
Appendix A ROADS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES	178	(25)
Appendix B APPROVED ALTERNATIVE GUARDRAIL, GUARDWALL, AND BRIDGE RAIL DESIGNS	203	(10)
Appendix C U.S. STATE, COMMONWEALTH, AND TERRITORIAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES	213	(8)
GLOSSARY	221	(4)
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS	225	(2)
INFORMATION SOURCES	227	(7)
REFERENCES	234	(2)
INDEX	236