The State Highway Commission of Minnesota was organized January 12th, 1906, under the provisions of chapter 163, General Laws of 1905. The first annual report contains a report on highway commissions of the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts; a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley for the year ending December 1, 1906 (statistics and general information; Experimental Road No.1, locally known as the State Farm Road); pictures showing the evolution of a mud road by the use of the common drag - Blue Earth County; appendixes (State Highway Commission Circular no. 1); index; and a map showing location of proposed State Roads as provided for by the Resolutions of County Boards. Submitted by Gustave Scholle, Chairman, J.B. Galarneault, Charles Halvorson. [35 pp. + Appendix (1 folded, one-sided map, 17 x 21 in.)]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done by counties under State Aid for the two year period ending December 31st, 1908 (The first allotment of State Aid Funds was made March 5th, 1907), experimental road work, road material resources of the state, bridges and bridge accidents, Minnesota river floods, state boundaries, topographical features, opinions of the Attorney General furnished to the Highway Commission during 1907 and 1908, appendixes (Office of the State Highway Commission Circular no. 2 & 3, Bulletin no. 3); index; pictures of roads and bridges; map of Minnesota showing state roads. Submitted by Gustave Scholle, Chairman, J.B. Galarneault, Charles Halvorson. [96 pp. + 12 leaves of photos + 4 folded, one-sided plans, 9 x 14 in. + 1 map, 15 x 21 in. ]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done for the calendar years1912 and 1913, state rural highways, maintenance, Good Roads Day, bridges; pictures of roads and bridges. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Chairman, Clarence I. McNair, F.S. Bell. [37 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
The 1909-1910 report contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done for the two-year period ending December 31st, 1910, designating state roads, road work, bridges and culverts, experimental road work, road maintenance, good road exhibit, road material resources of the state; pictures of roads and bridges. The 1911 report contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done during the season of 1911 and a summary of all work from 1906 to 1911. The 1909-1910 report was submitted by Louis W. Hill, Chairman, Charles M. Babcock, Clarence I. McNair. The 1911 report was submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Chairman, Clarence I. McNair, F.S. Bell. [57 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of the state engineer George W. Cooley about work done for the year1914, including a history of the Minnesota State Road Laws, description of the Koochiching Country Fire Breaks, road report and bridge report by counties; pictures of roads and bridges. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Chairman, Clarence I. McNair, F.S. Bell. [241 pp. + 1 folded, one-sided table of state aid construction report, 9 x 20 in. + 1 folded map of Minnesota showing state roads and state rural highways, 67 x 61 in.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of activities of the department for the years 1915 and 1916, maintenance and construction chart showing division of cost of work done in each county, statement of state aid road funds, units of work on which state aid was paid, engineers general report, pictures of roads and bridges. [40 pp. + 1 folded, one-sided table, 13 x 23 in.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains charts showing state construction on trunk highways, construction by the counties on state trunk highways, distribution of 1921 trunk highway maintenance expenditures, analysis of expenditures on trunk highway maintenance work ending 1921, status of trunk highway mileage by counties, analysis of trunk highway mileage, 1921 traffic census observation on trunk highways average number of vehicles per day, performance and cost of operation of state owned gravel truck fleets, departments expenditures, allotment of state air road funds, construction on state roads, state and road and trunk highway construction upon which federal aid is applied, maintenance expenditures on state aid roads, abstract of annual reports on state aid road expenditures, status of improvement of state aid roads, a colored photo of State Highway no. 7. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [64 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a statistical report of the expenditures of the State Highway Department for the year 1923 with charts showing federal aid appropriations to Minnesota, construction on trunk highways by the state, distribution of trunk highway maintenance expenditures, analysis of trunk highway mileage, status of trunk highway mileage by counties, 1923 accomplishment report on trunk highway maintenance, analysis of maintenance expenditures by class and item, analysis of maintenance expenditures by commodity, traffic observations on trunk highways, summary of laboratory tests on materials, statement of expenditures, construction on state aid roads, the status report of federal aid payments on federal aid projects, maintenance expenditures on state aid roads, condition of state aid roads, abstract of annual reports on trunk highway expenditures, abstract of annual reports on state aid road expenditures. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [82 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of the expenditures and achievements of the State Highway Department for the year 1922, road construction and maintenance, bridge construction and maintenance, road equipment, surplus war material, snow removal, trunk highway marking, traffic census, tests and inspection, highway offices and buildings, accounts, federal aid appropriations, construction on trunk highways by the counties, distribution of trunk highway maintenance expenditures, analysis of maintenance expenditures by commodity, analysis of maintenance expenditures by class and item, status of trunk highway mileage by counties, analysis of trunk highway mileage, traffic census observations on trunk highways-average number of vehicles per day, summary of laboratory tests on materials, Minnesota Highway Department financial statement, construction on state roads, state aid road and trunk highway construction upon which federal aid is applied, maintenance expenditures on state aid roads, abstract of annual reports on trunk highway and state aid road expenditures, condition of state aid roads, photos of roads and bridges, of Minnesota Highway Department-Central Office, main floor, drafting room, garage, machine shop, stock room, of Engineers' Convention Auditorium. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [117 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains a report of activities of the State Highway Department during the calendar year of 1920, road construction and maintenance, excess war material, charts showing status of federal aid funds by states for period ending Dec. 31st 1920, construction on state roads, state road construction upon which federal aid is applied, motor vehicles on hand, motor vehicles delivered to counties, miscellaneous excess war material, etc. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [44 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains charts showing construction on state roads, construction of town and county roads, maintenance expenditures on state roads, maintenance force, accidents reported on state roads, abstract of traffic observations on state roads, status of improvement of state roads, statement of allotment of state aid road funds, statement of county road and bridge funds, Minnesota Highway Department financial statement. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [42 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Contains charts showing construction on state roads, statement of state aid road fund, maintenance costs and work, state road condition, accidents on state roads, and Minnesota Highway Department financial statement. Submitted by Charles M. Babcock, Commissioner of Highways. [19 pp.]
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
The biennial Report for July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1982. Breaks down Mn/DOT's work over the biennium. Includes graphs showing come and expenditure, broken down by fiscal year.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
The biennial Report for July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1980. Addresses the reorganization and streamlining of Mn/DOT divisions that took place in 1979. Contents are divided into: Transportation Activities, Transportation Planning, Mn/DOT Organization and Financial Statement.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
First biennial report after the name change. Contains section on Mn/DOT's organization, operations, policy and planning and tables and graphs showing income and expenditures for the biennium July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1978.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
First trifold report. This report contains a message from Commissioner Leonard W. Levine to the people of Minnesota, highlights of MnDOT's work in general and by district, and revenue and expenditure graphs.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
The report contains a message from the commissioner, Mn/DOT's highlights and achievements over the biennium, the revenue and expenses breakdown, and district highlights. First report after the creation of the Metro District.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
This report contains a message from the commissioner, Mn/DOT's highlights and achievements over the biennium, the revenue and expenses breakdown, and district highlights.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
This report contains a message from the commissioner, Mn/DOT's highlights and achievements over the biennium, the revenue and expenses breakdown, and district highlights.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
The biennial Report for July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1984. Mn/DOT's activities are reported based districts and categorized as: "What We Did," "What We're Doing," and "Challenges We Faced." Contains graphs showing income and expenditure for each fiscal year.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library