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This spacer graphic provides 50 pixels of white space.The nation's first centerline painted on River Road near Trenton in 1911.










1911

Nation's first centerline on River Road near Trenton painted by the Wayne County Road Commission - considered one of the most important safety devices in the history of auto transportation (in 1917, the first centerline on a state highway)

1912
First Highway Department to establish a testing laboratory

1917
First "crow's nest" traffic signal tower erected in Detroit (Woodward at Michigan)

1919
Approval of first state bond program for highways leading to a five-year construction program that produces 3,600 miles of state highway

1919
The nation's first roadside park along US-2 in Iron County

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