Title & Author:

America's national park roads and parkways : drawings from the Historic American Engineering Record / Timothy Davis, Todd A. Croteau, and Christopher H. Marston, editors ; introductory essay by Tim Davis ; and foreword by Eric Delony.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

Description:

xii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 x 44 cm.

Series:

The road and American culture

Notes:
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Staunton, Virginia"--Half title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on the road / by Timothy Davis. -- A brief history of national park roads and parkways. -- The HAER NPS Park Roads and Bridges Program. -- National park roads. Acadia National Park ; Crater Lake National Park ; Glacier National Park (Going-to-the-Sun Road) ; Great Smoky Mountains National Park ; Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park ; Mount Rainer National Park ; Rocky Mountain National Park ; Scotts Bluff National Monument ; Sequoia National Park (Generals Highway) ; Shenandoah National Park (Skyline Drive) ; Yellowstone National Park ; Yosemite National Park ; Zion National Park. -- Parkways. Baltimore-Washington Parkway ; Blue Ridge Parkway ; Colonial Parkway ; George Washington Memorial Parkway ; Natchez Trace Parkway ; Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. -- National military parks. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park ; Gettysburg National Military Park ; Shiloh National Military Park ; Vicksburg National Military Park. -- Park road precedents. Bronx River Parkway ; Columbia River Highway. -- Appendix: The Historic American Engineering Record National Park Service Park Roads and Bridges Projects.

Summary:

The roads within America's national park system reveal a wide range of technological, aesthetic, and philosophical concerns. Their design and construction epitomize the central challenge of national park management: how to balance environmental protection with public access. The Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a division of the National Park Service, has spent more than a dozen years documenting the history of this vital aspect of the national park experience. This book brings together 331 measured and interpretive drawings commissioned by HAER to illustrate the physical characteristics, design strategies, construction practices, and visitor experiences of roads in national parks from Acadia to Zion and parkways from the Blue Ridge to the Natchez Trace. Also included are non--Park Service projects that utilized similar design strategies, including the Bronx River Parkway and the Columbia River Highway. The book documents thirty-one projects, explaining how roads shape visitor perceptions, highlighting key characteristics of individual park road systems, and connecting their design and construction to the broader history of American engineering and landscape architecture. More than a documentary record of historic design and construction practices, this book has practical applications for engineers, landscape architects, and cultural resource specialists in guiding design decisions, interpreting historic sites, and informing contemporary debates on preservation and environmental protection.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0801878780 (alk. paper)
9780801878787 (alk. paper)

Subject:

National parks and reserves United States Pictorial works.
Roads United States Pictorial works.
Parkways United States Pictorial works.
Bridges United States Pictorial works.
Historic sites United States Pictorial works.
Roads United States Design and construction.
Parkways United States Design and construction.
Bridges United States Design and construction.
Parcs nationaux États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Routes États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Ponts États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Ponts États-Unis Conception et construction.
Bridges
Bridges Design and construction
Historic sites
National parks and reserves
Parkways
Parkways Design and construction
Roads
Roads Design and construction
Straße
Nationalpark
United States Pictorial works.
United States History, Local.
United States
USA
National parks United States.
Roads United States.
Parkways United States.

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Local history
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Davis, Timothy, 1958-
Croteau, Todd A.
Marston, Christopher H.
Historic American Engineering Record.
Road and American culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 233678
Call No.: E160 .A6 2004
Status: Available