Indiana State Highway Commission Programs - Past and Future
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IN T R O D U C T IO N The Indiana State Highway Commission is entering a period of transition unlike any other in its entire history of more than 56 years. W e are near the close of two major building programs— the interstate system and the replacement of killer highways. The future, both immediate and long range, is full of uncertainty— in funding, in pri orities to be established, in the federal-state relationship— in almost all phases of the overall highway program.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015