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100 Years of Moving Forward

Transportation Library
  • 1830 Layout of oldest Tennessee bridge still open to traffic
  • August 3, 1915 First correspondence from new state agency to Governor Tom Rye
  • 1915 Tennessee Code Annotated Creating the Department of Highways
  • 1917 Oldest Bridge Drawing in Tennessee
  • 1917 Title Sheet for State Construction Project #1, State Route 16, Coffee
    These plans were drawn in 1917 using a ruling pen, straight edge and ink well. The writing is all hand-lettered with dip pens, calligraphy pens and ink wells.
  • 1923-24 Biennial Report, Department of Highways
  • 1923-24 Maps from the Biennial Report, Department of Highways
  • 1959  History of the Tennessee Highway Department
  • 1960s Report of the Status of the Interstate System in Tennessee
  • 1986 Tennessee Department of Transportation Road Program
  • July 1, 2014 Proclamation by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam acknowledging year-long celebration of 100 Years of TDOT

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Butch Eley, Commissioner

James K. Polk Bldg., Suite 700
505 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243
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