National Park Service (NPS) roads are more than just getting from A to B. Park roads balance beauty and function. Along the way, NPS roadway designers, planners, and landscape architects transformed transportation and tourism in America.
Highways in Harmony includes a series of historic brochures that were produced by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) from 1989-1997. The recording project includes an extensive collection of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written history is available to the public through the HABS/HAER collection at the Library of Congress.
Highways in Harmony includes a series of historic brochures that were produced by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) from 1989-1997. The recording project includes an extensive collection of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written history is available to the public through the HABS/HAER collection at the Library of Congress.
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- Denali National Park & Preserve
The Alaska Road Builder
- Locations: Denali National Park & Preserve
Richardson. Steese. Elliott. Taylor. If you travel around the Alaska road system, these names might look familiar. They were former presidents of the Alaska Road Commission (ARC) with highways now named in their honor. ARC was an agency established in 1905, under the War Department, with a mission to build roads in the vast—almost completely road-less—Alaska territory.The final president of the ARC did not get a highway, but he did get a landmark along the Denali Park Road.
Last updated: August 26, 2024