Montana Department of Highways, Photogrammetry and Survey Unit records, 1956-1982
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana. Department of Highways
- Title
- Montana Department of Highways, Photogrammetry and Survey Unit records
- Dates
- 1956-1982 (inclusive)19561982
- Quantity
- 3.8 linear feet
- Collection Number
- RS 492 (Formerly RS 408)
- Summary
- This collection is a sub-subgroup (Unit) of the Montana Department of Transportation records, RS 492. The Photogrammetry and Survey Unit now falls under the Highways Bureau in the Engineering Division. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Transportation records. This collection (1956-1982) consists of subject files.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Historical Note
The Montana State Highway Commission was created in 1913 by the state Legislative Assembly. The original Commission was composed of three members. In 1917 new legislation altered the organization of the Commission by authorizing the appointment of twelve members according to geographic highway districts. Membership was changed again in 1921 to three members appointed by the Governor and in 1941 to five members, also appointed by the Governor. In 1971 the Commission was renamed the Montana Department of Highways, created by Chapter 7 of the Executive Reorganization Act of 1971 and implemented by executive order of the Governor on December 16, 1971. The Department of Highways took over all but the advisory functions of the State Highway Commission.
By 1972, the Department consisted of seven divisions: the Legal Division, Personnel Division, Centralized Services Division, Engineering Division, Motor Pool Division, Gross Vehicle Weight Division, and the Maintenance Division. Each division is headed by an administrator. The Centralized Services Division, Engineering Division, Motor Pool Division, Gross Vehicle Weight Division, and the Maintenance Division are furthered sub-divided into bureaus, headed by Chiefs. In 1991, the Department of Highways became the Department of Transportation. This was primarily a name change. However, there were some structural and administrative changes.
Montana’s Department of Highway began heavy construction of the Interstate Highways in 1959, initiated by the Federal Highway Act of 1956. Construction and development peaked in the early 1970s and was completed by the 1980s. The Photogrammetry and Survey Section was developed in response to the Highway Act and a need for improvements and standardization of the Interstates in Montana.
Content Description
The Photogrammetry and Survey Section primarily took aerial photography of Interstates 90, 94, 15, and routes around major Montana cities. The images, surveys, and reports identified locations, topography, rest areas, pits, and structures for use in design of projects and mapping. The section also produced aerial photographic records of slide areas, as well as Highways land involved in litigation. The files are primarily project—or route—related aerial photographs, along with monitoring reports, level notes, and some correspondence.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This collection is in one series, Subject Files, arranged by specific image area, along Interstate or Highway route or structure.
Location of Collection
40:4-7Processing Note
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Transportation were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 492, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the MTHS catalog, and to follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Transportation's various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 492. Rather than reprocessing over 280 linear feet of Transportation materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information available upon request
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Subject Files
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Description: I-90 : Park City to LaurelDates: 1960-1962Container: Box/Folder 1/1
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Description: I-90 : Billings East / Route 101-IIDates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 1/2
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Description: Livingston SouthDates: 1958Container: Box/Folder 1/3
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Description: I-90 : Toluca NorthDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 1/4
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Description: I-90 : Columbus – Park City, Rest Areas / InterchangesDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/5
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Description: I-90 : Bozeman East to Livingston WestDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/6
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Description: I-90 : Columbus to Park CityDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 1/7
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Description: I-90 : Columbus East and WestDates: 1963-1964Container: Box/Folder 1/8
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Description: I-90 : Toluca ExpansionDates: 1956-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/9
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Description: I-90 : Toluca to Hardin, Lodgegrass, Route 103Dates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 1/10
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Description: I-90 : Toluca to Hardin, East Fork Pryor CreekDates: 1961, 1968Container: Box/Folder 1/11
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Description: I-90 : Billings to Toluca, Bitter CreekDates: 1961-1962Container: Box/Folder 1/12
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Description: I-90 : Billings to Toluca, North RouteDates: 1956-1966Container: Box/Folder 1/13
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Description: I-90 : Billings InterchangeDates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 1/14
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Description: I-90 : Lodge Grass, NorthDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 1/15
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Description: I-90 : Lodge Grass, WyolaDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/16
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Description: I-90 : Clinton to Drummond ExpansionDates: 1956-1963Container: Box/Folder 1/17
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Description: I-90 : Bozeman PassDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/18
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Description: I-90 : Lookout Pass West, Saltese EastDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 1/19
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Description: I-90 : Saltese to DrexelDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/20
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Description: I-90 : Lookout / Mullan PassDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 1/21
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Description: I-90 : Tarkio to MullanDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 1/22
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Description: I-90 : Reed Point EastDates: 1967-1968Container: Box/Folder 1/23
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Description: Route 101, Rocker InterchangeDates: 1961Container: Box/Folder 1/24
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Description: I-90 : Missoula West DesignDates: 1961-1975Container: Box/Folder 1/25
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Description: I-90 : Three Forks Rest AreaDates: 1975Container: Box/Folder 1/26
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Description: I-90 : Gold Creek, Phosphate Rest AreaDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/27
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Description: Gold Creek Gravel PitDates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 1/28
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Description: Clinton West, Gas lines and RailroadDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/29
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Description: Warm Springs, Interchanges / RacetrackDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/30
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Description: I-90 : Garrison, DrummondDates: 1960-1968Container: Box/Folder 1/31
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Description: I-90 : Garrison, WideningDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/32
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Description: 101-I : Dear Lodge, Warm SpringsDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 1/33
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Description: Midigan Canyou / Ballard CouleeDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 1/34
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Description: Phosphate InterchangeDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 2/1
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Description: Warm Springs Gravel PitDates: 1978-1981Container: Box/Folder 2/2
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Description: I-90 : Ramsay InterchangeDates: 1961Container: Box/Folder 2/3
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Description: I-90 : Drummond WayDates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 2/4
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Description: I-90 : Missoula West and UrbanDates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 2/5
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Description: Cardwell InterchangeDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 2/6
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Description: Cardwell : Three Forks North RouteDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 2/7
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Description: Three Forks to US 289 InterchangeDates: 1962-1964Container: Box/Folder 2/8
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Description: I-90 : Whitehall East, Limespur, Jefferson CanyonDates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 2/9
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Description: Whitehall – Three Forks, Cottonwood CanyonDates: 1961-1962Container: Box/Folder 2/10
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Description: I-90: Bozeman, LivingstonDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 2/11
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Description: Livingston – East / West, Snow FenceDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 2/12
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Description: I-90 : Superior WestDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 2/13
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Description: I-90 : Drexel Quarry SiteDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 2/14
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Description: DeBorgia Weigh StationDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 2/15-16
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Description: I-94 : Fallon-Dawson County LineDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 2/17
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Description: I-94 : Prairie County Line Rest AreaDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 2/18
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Description: I-94 : Terry WestDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 2/19
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Description: South of TerryDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 2/19
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Description: I-94 : Fallon Dawson County LineDates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 2/20
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Description: Blatchford to Terry / Terry East and WestDates: 1956-1963Container: Box/Folder 2/21
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Description: I-94 : Custer East and WestDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 2/22
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Description: I-94 : Custer EastDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 2/23
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Description: East / Northeast of Custer InterchangeDates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 2/24
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Description: I-94 : Pompey’s Pillar to CusterDates: 1956-1965Container: Box/Folder 2/25
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Description: I-94 : Pompey’s PillarDates: 1956-1965Container: Box/Folder 2/26
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Description: I-94 Interchanges, Ballatine to Pompey’s PillarDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 2/27
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Description: I-94 : Terry Interchange, Miles CityDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 2/28
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Description: I-94 : Ballatine ExpansionDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 2/29
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Description: US 87 Junction to HuntleyDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 2/30
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Description: I-94 : Hysham HillsDates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 2/31
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Description: I-94 : Rosebud West, Wild Cat CreekDates: 1958Container: Box/Folder 2/32
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Description: I-94 : Rosebud East Rest AreasDates: 1969Container: Box/Folder 2/33
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Description: I-94 : Rosebud to HathawayDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 2/34
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Description: I-94 : Shirley WestDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 2/35
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Description: I-94 : Shirley EastDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 2/36
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Description: I-94 : Forsyth East and WestDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 2/37
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Description: Hysham-ForsythDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 2/38
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Description: I-94 : Forsyth East and WestDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 2/39
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Description: I-94 : Shirley WestDates: 1971-1972Container: Box/Folder 2/40
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Description: I-94 : Hysham-Forsyth, 6 miles east of Rosebud- Treasure (Along Railroad track)Dates: 1956-1962Container: Box/Folder 2/41
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Description: I-94 : Hysham-ForsythDates: 1959-1962Container: Box/Folder 3/1
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Description: I-94 : HyshamDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 3/2
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Description: I-94 : Prairie County Line WestDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 3/3
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Description: I-94 : Diamon Ring Rest AreaDates: 1973Container: Box/Folder 3/4
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Description: I-94 : Wiboux County Line West (Rest Areas) GlendiveDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 3/5
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Description: I-94 : Glendive East and WestDates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 3/6
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Description: I-94 : Glendive EastDates: 1962-1967Container: Box/Folder 3/7
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Description: I-94 : Rest Area East of GlendiveDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 3/8
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Description: I-94 : Glendive FallonDates: 1956-1961Container: Box/Folder 3/9
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Description: I-15 Proposed Construction / Pipe Organ LodgeDates: 1961Container: Box/Folder 3/10
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Description: I-15 : Cascade, Hardy Creek, InterchangeDates: 1971-1972Container: Box/Folder 3/11
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Description: I-15 : Interchanges 9 miles North of ConradDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 3/12
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Description: I-15 : North of ConradDates: 1961Container: Box/Folder 3/13
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Description: I-15 : Dillon-Melrose Reservoir AreaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/14
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Description: I-15 : Vaugh North Rest AreaDates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 3/15
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Description: I-15 : Interchange North of ShelbyDates: 1968-1971Container: Box/Folder 3/16
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Description: I-15 : Dearborn, Missouri River JunctionDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 3/17
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Description: I-15 : Power InterchangeDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 3/18
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Description: I-15 : Maria’s River Rest AreaDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 3/19
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Description: I-15 : Teton InterchangeDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 3/20
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Description: I-15 : Emerson Junction Interchange, North of Great FallsDates: 1974Container: Box/Folder 3/21
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Description: I-15 : Collins InterchangeDates: 1979-1981Container: Box/Folder 3/22
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Description: I-15 : Teton Rest AreaDates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 3/23
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Description: I-15 : Boulder HillDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 3/24
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Description: MacDonald Creek Grass Range / HydraulicsDates: 1973-1978Container: Box/Folder 3/25
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Description: Vogel ParcelDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 3/26
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Description: Kalispell Drainage Study / Mapping for LitigationDates: 1969-1981Container: Box/Folder 3/27
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Description: East Helena Drainage and Litigation StudyDates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 3/28
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Description: Vogel Parcel – LegalDates: 1964-1975Container: Box/Folder 3/29
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Description: Bear Creek / ER 72Dates: 1975-1976Container: Box/Folder 3/30
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Description: Colstrip Road to I-94Dates: 1973-1978Container: Box/Folder 3/31
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Description: Columbus Gardens Interchange StudyDates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 3/32
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Description: Cooney Reservoir, Department of Natural Resources and ConservationDates: 1977Container: Box/Folder 3/33
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Description: Canyon Ferry / National Guard AreaDates: 1975-1976Container: Box/Folder 3/34
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Description: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation : Acid Mine and Mill Site Study, Cooke CityDates: 1974Container: Box/Folder 3/35
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Description: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation : Ruby River, Nevada River, Deadman’s CreekDates: 1977-1978Container: Box/Folder 3/36
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Description: Craig Slide North and South : I-15Dates: 1970-1984Container: Box/Folder 3/37
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Description: St. Regis Slide AreasDates: 1979-1980Container: Box/Folder 3/38
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Description: Mission Slide Interchange : I-90Dates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 3/39
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Description: Hebgen Lake SlideDates: 1974Container: Box/Folder 3/40
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Description: Slide Camps Pass – US 212, Ashland EastDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 3/41
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Description: Slide North of Fred Robertson Bridge, US 191Dates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 3/42
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Description: Slide Area 6 miles South of LivingstonDates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 3/43
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Description: Pine Hill / Pryor Creek Slide Area, I-90Dates: 1975-1976Container: Box/Folder 3/44
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Description: Sheep Creek Bridge Slide Area, FI 15Dates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 3/45
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Description: Pipe Organ Slide Area ConstructionDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 3/46
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Description: Kagy Boulevard From 19th and 3rd, BozemanDates: 1982Container: Box/Folder 4/1
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Description: US 230, 4th and 6th Street Couplet, Exposition Drive S. 437 - BillingsDates: 1974-1975Container: Box/Folder 4/2
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Description: US 230, Exposition Drive, BillingsDates: 1974Container: Box/Folder 4/3
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Description: Columbia Falls, F 100Dates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 4/4
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Description: Northwest Bypass of M 5209Dates: 1977Container: Box/Folder 4/5
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Description: Fort HarrisonDates: 1973-1974Container: Box/Folder 4/6
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Description: Bozeman, Oak, Tamerack, Peach –Street ExtensionsDates: 1969-1975Container: Box/Folder 4/7
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Description: U 149, Great Falls 10th Street Bridge StudyDates: 1969Container: Box/Folder 4/8
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Description: 24th Street, Great Falls, South Side BypassDates: 1974Container: Box/Folder 4/9
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Description: Great Falls Central Ave. BridgeDates: 1973Container: Box/Folder 4/10
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Description: Kalispell South, F5-3Dates: 1982Container: Box/Folder 4/11
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Description: U218, Great Falls, 10th Ave and 6th StreetDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 4/12
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Description: F277, Great Falls 10th Ave S.Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 4/13
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Description: F135, Miles City Railroad UnderpassDates: 1977Container: Box/Folder 4/14
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Description: F531, 27th Street Billings NorthDates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 4/15
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Description: Great Falls River Drive, 6th Street to Giant SpringsDates: 1970-1977Container: Box/Folder 4/16
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Description: Butte South Side BypassDates: 1970-1971Container: Box/Folder 5/1
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Description: Butte – East Park and Continental DriveDates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 5/2
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Description: U53. Wicks Lane – Bench BoulevardDates: 1974-1975Container: Box/Folder 5/3
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Description: Bozeman, 19th Ave and OakDates: 1982-1983Container: Box/Folder 5/4
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Description: Havre BypassDates: 1978Container: Box/Folder 5/5
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Description: Billings – Grand Ave, Division to 24thDates: 1974-1975Container: Box/Folder 5/6
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Description: Havre – Hospital ConnectionDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 5/7
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Description: Fort Benton, HighwoodDates: 1974Container: Box/Folder 5/8
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Description: Montana Ave N, HelenaDates: 1979Container: Box/Folder 5/9
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Express Highways
- Highway engineering--Montana.
- Roads--Design and construction
Geographical Names
- Helena (Mont.)--Politics and government
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
