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<br /> tive guiding Crete beams and simulated the preservation of these obligations.In order to better
<br /> g g location. These
<br /> rc e a h s—a false facade c on- resources the Attorney Gen- manage the parkway as a his-
<br /> roads,now i Y g P Y
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<br /> cealin an ordinary flat deck e a o o road the California
<br /> =�- , -��•�:�; T,:�:��� ��M r�._ r� �- y::�,:�: ,�r;:�:,::����;-��;� have generally undergone g �'Y r 1 of Kansas issued an inf r- t ric ,
<br /> bridge—would be less expen- mal opinion regarding the Department of Transportation
<br /> t y
<br /> significant changes and modi-
<br /> ` "= sive than construction mod- potential tort liability of local (Caltrans)created a new Cate-
<br /> cations inception,
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<br /> often leading multiple eled on the historic reinforced government entities with gory: historic parkway. This
<br /> concrete arches that gracefully respect to the repair and main- determination enables the
<br /> layers of development.These
<br /> may be roads that evolved span the parkway. That was tenance of bridges in 1995. state to apply greater flexibili-
<br /> from Native American or true. So, a determination to The informal opinion ties and creative options for
<br /> colonial trails, or simply rebuild with simulated arches suggests that historic bridges management that are preclud-
<br /> are ma was made. that maintained in good ed for roads classified as a
<br /> from convenient connections
<br /> between farm villages. Road
<br /> Fortunately for the park- condition, free of demon- freeway. In order to best
<br /> way and the people of Con- strated or chronic safety prob- understand the new options
<br /> construction projects at
<br /> : .'. different times in the route's necticut,a savvy Department lems, and built to the accept- now available for the parkway,
<br /> of Transportation administra- able standard..of their day, Caltrans worked with the
<br /> history may have left different p Y
<br /> for discovered that the con- should not be a liability bur- Historic American Engineer-
<br /> layers of interesting historic Crete beam and simulated den for local communities. ing Record of the National
<br /> . secondary: Their alignment resources. Examples include
<br /> TUArrnyo Seco Pazku ay!,: arch(experimented with on a Consider a Kansas bridge a few Park Service in the summer of
<br /> and detail are important in the Boston Post Road; El
<br /> few bridges) s feet narrower than would be 1999 to document this earl
<br /> Camino Real California,
<br /> g ) was not always Y
<br /> in Cal�rna;•showri�circd,. their representation of tech- >
<br /> 1940,wasdesi `ed bot�'asgn; less expensive than a genuine constructed today.Under this California prototype.
<br /> nology and culture.Most gen- New Mexico and Texas; and
<br /> ctenten neeredrouie= the Ashley River Road in concrete arch and that it informal opinion, the Attor- Historic roads in the
<br /> ' erally, for these resources, had a significantly shorter life ney General's office suggests United States are increasingly
<br /> andasanaesthetzcdriYe:' seed safe and economySouth Carolina.
<br /> - P �', span than the historic (gen- the bridge width is not a being recognized as significant
<br /> determined the design.Because uine arch) concrete construc- liability issue. Should an landmarks (such as the His-
<br /> of location or remaining Saving Historic Roads tion. Concrete construction accident occur, the injured toric Columbia River High,
<br /> River Parkway,the Blue Ridge details, however, man i-
<br /> Parkway, and Lake Shore Y en g Ultimately, understanding of of the bridges,recreating the party must demonstrate way) or contributing features
<br /> veered routes have taken on the resource available options architectural detail for another breech of the govern- in a historic district (the
<br /> Drive in Chicago.
<br /> aesthetic qualities and associ- and resource,
<br /> available
<br /> and acorn- which the parkway bridges ment's responsibility—poor Granitoid street pavement
<br /> Roads designed for a spe- ations.Man city rid patterns are famous, over time, was maintenance, improper infor- in Duluth, Minn). Whether
<br /> cific transportation goal repre- Y ty g p mitment to preservation can
<br /> sent a larger category of roads and our first transcontinental enhance both safety and his- competitive with simulated mation, or hazardous pave- nationally significant or
<br /> than those designed for aes- highways are typical of this toric preservation.The follow- arches. The bridges have ment surface,for example. locally valued, the historic
<br /> thetic purposes. Engineered category. Examples include ing examples from Connecti- been reconstructed in con- Lastly, the historic preservation community is
<br /> routes, like aesthetic routes, the Lincoln Highway, New cut, Kansas, and California Crete as genuine arches. Arroyo Seco Parkway(1940) becoming a strong voice in
<br /> It wasn't cost,but liabili- in Los Angeles has benefited this new and interesting field
<br /> will have a documented York to San Francisco; the showcase both happy acci-
<br /> idea,mandate,or construction National Road,Cumberland, dents and careful strategies to ty that threatened historic from an administrative deci- of preservation.
<br /> date.These are roads that may Md., to Vandalia, Ill., (Old address historic roads. bridges in Kansas.Many local sion. The parkway, best
<br /> Free-
<br /> have been developed to open US 40);and US 101 along the In Connecticut, when a jurisdictions,fearful of poten- known as the Pasadena Free-
<br /> isolated areas to commerce Pacific coast. number of bridges along the tial liability threats, were way, was classified as a seg- Dan Marriott is the director of the
<br /> link the nation, or simply Cultural routes represent Merritt Parkway needed to be destroying well-loved land- ment of the California Free- National Trusts Rural HentageProgram.
<br /> serve our communities. The roads that evolved through widened because of safety con- marks simply because of nar- way system—that classifi-
<br /> necessi or tradition without cerns it was determined that row lanes or reduced clearances. cation carrying with it a num-
<br /> aesthetic experience was often �' . T
<br /> a formal initial goal or objec- new construction with con- o assist local communities in ber of management and legal
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<br /> FORUM •J OURNAL SUM•MER 2000
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