# Presentation: 069638

## 2008 Congestion Conference

- Indianapolis, Indiana
- August 5, 2008

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**Which highway in the state of Indiana is the  longest? **
- U.S. 231 is the  longest Indiana roadway. It spans  the entire length of the state and crosses 14 counties.

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**When was INDOT's  predecessor agency, the Indiana  State Highway Commission established?**
- The Indiana  Legislature created the  Indiana State Highway Commission in 1919.

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**How many bridges  are on the State highway system? **
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- INDOT is  responsible  for maintaining approximately 5,700 bridges across Indiana.

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**How many miles of  interstate highways are there in Indiana?   **
- Indiana has 14  interstate highways;  they are: I-64, I-65, I-69, I-70, I-74, I-80, I- 90,  I-94,  I-164, I-265, I-275, I-465, I-469 and I-865.

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**When was I-465  completed?  **
**Construction of  I-465 occurred between  1959 and 1970. The first section opened in 1961  and the final  section opened in 1970.**

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**How many interstates radiate from Indianapolis? **
- Seven

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**What city is the only one to have more radiating interstates than Indianapolis? **
- Chicago

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**What other States are tied with Indiana for having 8 mainline interstates? **
- MO NY OH

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**In what town did Elwwod Hayes successfully test the first “horseless carriage” that was propelled by gasoline on July 4, 1894?  **
- Kokomo

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**What was our nations first federally funded “interstate” highway connecting the eastern seaboard to the central united states?  **
- National Road - US 40

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**The first railroad completed in Indiana ran between what two cities (year 1847)?  **
- Madison and Indianapolis

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**What mode of transportation earned Indiana the nickname the “Crossroads of America”?  **
- Railroads

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**What year was the toll road completed?  **
- 1956

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**In 1937 a county highway needed to carry an average daily traffic of what, to be added to the State Highway system?  **
- 200

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**In what years was the National Road built through Indianapolis completed?  **
- 1838

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**Between what two cites did the first electric Interurban railway run between ? **
- Anderson and Alexandria and opened in 1898.

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**What road trip movie featured two ladies driving off a cliff?  **
- Thelma and Louise

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**In what book is the story of William Least Heat Moon traveling the back roads of America that ?   **
- Blue Highways

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**What road is the movie CARs about?  **
- Route 66

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**Who is the Secretary of Transportation?  **
- Mary Peters

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**Who is the FHWA Administrator?  **
- Thomas J. Madison Jr.

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**Who is the person that is thought of as the main supporter of the  Highway Beautification Act?  **
- Lady Bird Johnson

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**Name all of the INODT Commissioners since 2000? **
- Wiley, Klika, Nicol, Sharp and Browning

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**What is the shortest State Route through Indiana?**
- SR 520 (0.26 mile)

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**What is the Shortest Interstate in Indiana? **
- I-275 (3.16 miles of its 84 miles are in Indiana; the remainder in Ohio and Kentucky)

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**What is the Longest Interstate in Indiana ? **
- I-65

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**What is the federal tax rate on gasoline?  **
- 18.4 cents per gallon

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**What is the original beginning and end points of the National Road?  **
- Cumberland MD to Vandalia IL

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**What route number did the National Road become?  **
- US 40

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**What Road is known as the Mother Road?  **
- Route 66

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**What main route number is the Lincoln Highway in Indiana?  **
- US 30

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**What is the beginning and end points of the of Route 66?  **
- Chicago Il to Santa Monica CA

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**The date the Route 66 lost its highway designation?**
- 1985

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**What MPO’s does the Lincoln Highway go through?**
- NIRPC and NIRRC

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**What MPO’s does the National Road go through?**
**Indianapolis and Terre Haute**

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**What percent of the total interstate system goes through the state of Indiana?****  **
**2.5 % **
- Total IN interstate miles is 1,169
- Total interstate miles nationwide 46876

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**Name three of early automobile companies that manufactured cars in Indiana? **
**Apperson Jack Rabbit (Haynes and Apperson)**
**Cole Motor Car Company**
**Marmon Motor car company - Marmon**
**Stutz**
**Dussenberg**
**Studebaker**
**Maxwells**

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**Where was the last operating ferry in Indiana?  **
- The last operating ferry was the Darwin Ferry from Darwin Illinois to Vigo County south of Terre Haute

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**Where is the first concrete paved road?  **
- Bellefountaine,  OH

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**Where was the first Parking Meter?  **
- Oklahoma City

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**Who invented the traffic signal?  **
- Garrett Morgan

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**In what movies to two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America?**
- Easy Rider (1969)

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**What year was the first            Indianapolis 500?  **
- 1911

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**What inventor of the airplane was born in Indiana?  **
- Wilbur Wright

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**The early Indiana Road called the Buffalo Trace was between what two cities?  **
- New Albany and Vincennes

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**What is the only privately owned bridge in Indiana?  **
-     New Harmony bridge over the Wabash River

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**What north south road was built in the 1830’s  that connected Michigan City with Madison and ran through Indianapolis?  **
- The Michigan Road

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**What town in Indians had a completely electrified street railway system that was completed in 1888?  **
- Lafayette

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**How many covered bridges are in Parke County? **
- 30

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**What river flows north and east in Indiana? **
- Maumee

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**What does Indiana mean?  **
- “Land of the Indians”

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**What did the Studebaker Company of South Bend produce before cars?**
- Horse Drawn Wagons

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**Who created the interstate system? **
- US Bureau of Public Roads in a report for congress in 1939 suggested the interstate system

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**How long is the Interstate system?  **
- 46,876 miles as of 2006 ( the federal aid highway act of 1956 planned for a 41000 mile network)

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**What was first the Interstate? **
- Both Kansas and Missouri claim be the first to start construction on I-70 in 1956

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**Who designed the Interstate shield? **
- The design was submitted by Texas  to an AASHO group that made the decision.

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**Is it true that one in five miles of the interstate system is straight so airplanes can land in emergencies? **
**No – this is a myth**** **

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**Did President Eisenhower support the interstate System because he wanted a way of evacuating cities if the United States was attacked by an atomic bomb?**
- No – This is a myth

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**Picture questions**

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