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Engineer speaks, the : memoirs covering five decades of highway problems in Duval CountyEntry/Object ID
Library.1192Description
198 pages : illustrations, maps (2 folded) ; 29 cm
Engineer speaks, the : memoirs covering five decades of highway problems in Duval County by Arthur Neyle Sollee, Sr.
Two folded maps in pocket: Map of Duval County Florida / prepared for Board of County Commissioners by Office of County Engineer. 1931 ; Duval County, Florida. J. Fra. LeBaron, Dep. County Surveyor. 1884.
Inscription & autographed by author.
Includes selective name index.
Contents: The Challenge -- Shall We Plan -- Planning Fundamentals -- The Beach Boulevard Story -- Duval County Beaches - A Country Road -- The Forties of World War II -- The Post War Era -- The Year of 1946 -- The Year of 1947 -- The Year of 1948 -- The Year of 1949 -- The Year of 1950 -- 1950 Bonds - From Official Statement -- The Years of 1951-1952 -- The Year 1953 -- The McCarty Term -- The Johns Administration -- The Collins Administration Begins -- The Formative Period of the Jacksonville -- Expressway Authority -- The 1957 Revenue Bond Program -- The Proposed 20th Street Bridge -- The 1963 Revenue Bond Program -- The 1963 Revenue Bond Program - In retrospect -- History of J. Turner Butler Boulevard -- Some Involved Citizens -- The City Planning and Advisory Board -- Bridges That Blind -- The 1990 Plan -- Federal Bureau of Public Roads -- The Proposed Dames Point Bridge -- The Proposed Dames Point Bridge - A Review -- Yesteryears, today and tomorrow.
Selected topics: Beach Boulevard -- Beach damage from storms in the 1930 &1940's -- County Commissioner Joe F. Hammond -- Special Traffic Committee digest regarding traffic signals, parking in 1940s -- Chairman Brown l. Whatley of Highway Committee 6 point program for roads & highways -- Solving Jacksonville's traffic difficulties (1946) -- Arlington bridge proposed since 1929 -- Super highway system -- Governor Fuller Warren -- Senator Mathews as spokesman for revised super highway -- State Senator J. Turner Butler -- Governor McCarty & team -- Mrs. John Mathews unveiled plaque naming bridge in husband's name -- Mathews Bridge dedication -- Johns Administration.
Photos included: Atlantic Beach pier and beach -- Seawall -- Jacksonville Beach Amusement Pier -- Jax Beach damage -- McGirts Creek Bridge -- Moncrief/Dinsmore Road -- Seminole Beach Road.
Maps: Expressway System as contemplated under the 1950 bond issue -- Hogan Road map.Collection
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Sollee, Arthur Neyle, -- 1900-1984., Highway engineers -- Florida -- Duval County -- Biography., Highway engineering -- Florida -- Duval County., Florida -- Duval County., Beach Boulevard (Jacksonville, Fla.)., J. Turner Butler Boulevard (Jacksonville, Fla.).Publication Details
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Sollee, Arthur Neyle Sr.Publisher
[A.N. Sollee, Sr.]Place Published
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[Jacksonville, Fla.]Call No.
HE 356.5 .J3 S655