Overview
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Repository |
Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
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Creator |
Traffic Control Department |
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Title |
Annual Report of the Traffic Control Department |
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Dates |
1956 |
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Quantity |
.25 linear inches |
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Abstract |
Annual report for traffic control in Dallas, Texas. |
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Identification |
1994-038 |
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Language |
Records are in English
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Scope and Contents
Collection consists of a spiral bound copy of the 1956 Annual Report of the Traffic Control Department for the city of Dallas. The document was released on February 20, 1957. W. H. Carsten was the director.
The Traffic Control Department was organized as a separate unit in 1944, although a traffic engineer position served several departments between 1939 and 1944. The department's activities included studying traffic conditions, planning for new thoroughfares, and recommending necessary regulations, procedures and controls to move traffic. It also marked traffic zones, installed signals, and maintained police and fire signal systems. During the 1950s its activities surged as a major thoroughfare system was developed and U.S. Highway 75, better known as Central Expressway, was built. Traffic control is currently under the management of the Street Services Department.
The report is unusual in having a large number of photographs of major Dallas intersections and streets, such as Jefferson Avenue looking west at the intersection of Zang Boulevard.
Organization
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Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
Annual Report of the Traffic Control Department, 1956 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Material
None
Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Traffic engineering -- Texas -- Dallas
Container List
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