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The seventh biennial conference on historic roads September 9 – 12, 2010 in Washington, DC Table of Contents Conference Proceedings Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff Schedule-at-a-Glance, see centerfold We are pleased to offer our most comprehen- sive conference proceedings ever. Papers and Welcome 2 authors are identified for each session. The conference proceedings include all papers Conference Schedule, Sessions submitted by the deadline for inclusion. and Special Events 4 Conference Bookstore Conference Biographies 22 Sponsored by Steven Schuyler, Bookseller, Boston, MA Conference Sponsors 56 Visit the conference bookstore for a large selection of titles on historic roads and related Glossary 63 historic resources. Flying? No worries. Ask about having your books shipped. Downtown Washington, F and 12th Streets, NW, R 1939. Credit: US Library of Congress Our main Preserving the Historic Road confer- All conference events, tours, and meetings are subject to change or cancellation. Refunds for any and all ence meeting venues are fully accessible. cancelled events, tours, and meetings will be made at the discretion of Preserving the Historic Road. By Please check with the conference information registering, you acknowledge that Preserving the Historic Road, its partners, and sponsors assume no liability for the use of any meeting space or facility associated with the conference or in the transportation to, or and registration desk if you have any ques- on-site conditions or facilities associated with any conference event. tions regarding accessibility or accommodation for any of the field tours or special events. 1 WELCOME TO PRESERVING THE HISTORIC ROAD 2010! Welcome to Washington, DC and the Seventh Biennial Preserving the Historic Road conference! We are pleased to host this event in the nation’s capital, where a variety of federal agencies, and other national transportation, safety and preservation or ganizations, are becoming increasingly engaged with issues related to historic roads. Our downtown location is within the District of Columbia’s unique urban grid of historic roads, based on the 1791 L’Enfant Plan. Inspired by the gardens and avenues of Versailles, you can still experience diago- nal avenues—named for the 13 original states, grand circles and open public spaces that helped define a new capital city. In 1901 the McMillan Commission revitalized the original design and planned for a mod- ern capital that would enshrine democratic Crossing Boulder Bridge on Beach Drive, Rock Creek Park, 1920. Credit: US Library of Congress. ideals. Then the National Park Service developed a network of regional parkways prised of representatives of the National year, and are thrilled by our geographic that linked the region to the urban core. Park Service (Historic American Engineering breadth, with delegates hailing from thirty Interstates were introduced mid-century, Record, Park Historic Structures and Cultural different states (and five time zones) from ringing the region with the Capital Beltway, Landscapes Program, and National Capital Florida to Alaska, and five countries from leading to suburban development in neigh- Region), District Depart ment of Trans - Europe to Australia. We are even benefiting boring Maryland and Virginia. While you portation, DC Historic Preservation Office, from sustainable forms of transportation, may hear complaints about the nation’s DC Preservation League, Loudoun County from local registrants taking Metrorail, second worst traffic, you will also see and Department of Planning (Virginia), to one participant who organized a cross- hear about different local efforts to preserve The Maryland-National Capital Park and country bicycle ride to attend! rustic roads in protected rural areas that Planning Commission, Montgomery survive and thrive in the region. County Government (Maryland), Federal While we all continue to face daily chal- Highways Adminis tration, University lenges, I encourage you to take advantage From the original design of this city, and the of Delaware, and National Road Alliance. of the talent assembled at Preserving the authorization of the first federal highway— These dedicated professionals have been Historic Road over the next four days. Here the National Road in 1806—to parkways and diligently reviewing papers, planning work- you will learn about exciting and innovative the Interstate Highway System, the federal shops and events, and working with speak- solutions being put to the test at the nation- government and its partners have played a ers, partners, and registrants to provide a al, state, and local level. I would like to significant role in visionary planning and memorable historic roads experience here thank you for making the effort highway design. Over the conference’s four in Washington. We have enjoyed support to attend and sharing your scholarship and days of field workshops, education sessions, from our longtime national partners from experiences. I hope you will take home and special events we will present you with America’s Byways Resource Center, from Washington a memorable experience, the latest information, policies, and challenges AASHTO, and US/ICOMOS. We are with new friends and ideas to help you con- for historic roads. Whether at the internation- also grateful for recurring sponsorship from tinue preserving the historic road ahead. al, federal, tribal, state, corporate or local Parsons Brinckerhoff and Mead & Hunt, level, we welcome your participation in the and first time sponsors, AECOM and the dynamic conversation on historic roads National Road Alliance. For two years, the 2010 Preserving the This year’s conference continues the multi- Christopher H. Marston Historic Road Conference Planning disciplinary national and international 2010 Conference Chair Committee has worked hard to put together forum on historic roads, begun at our first as diverse and comprehensive a program as conference in Los Angeles in 1998. We are possible. Our dedicated committee is com- pleased to welcome many new faces this 3 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 Registration and Information Desk 7:30am – 6:00pm London Room Thursday Mobile Workshops These fee events require advance registration—contact the Registration and Information desk to see if space is available. WORKSHOP 1 LoCo | MoCo Rural Roads 8:00am – 5:00pm Meet at Hotel Starbucks lobby Goose Creek Bridge ca.1802, Ashby’s Gap Turnpike (old US Route 50 alignment) in Loudoun County, Please assemble by 7:45am Virginia. Credit: Kate McConnell. Explore the similarities and differences of rural roads protection, primarily at the local WORKSHOP 2 WORKSHOP 4 level, in the neighboring jurisdictions of Pressing Issues Facing Maryland’s Downtown F Street Walking Tour Loudoun County, Virginia and Montgomery Historic National Pike 3:00pm – 5:00pm County, Maryland. In Loudoun County, 8:30am – 5:00pm Meet at Hotel Starbucks lobby where the Virginia Department of Trans - Meet at Hotel Starbucks lobby Please assemble by 2:45pm portation maintains all public roads in the Please assemble by 8:15am Leaving from the conference hotel, this tour state, the workshop focuses on the out- Explore a number of issues pertaining to the will offer a glimpse into major preservation comes of grassroots collaboration. The tour Historic National Pike in Frederick County, efforts in the Downtown Historic District includes the Route 50 Traffic Calming Maryland as it traverses through a number within the context of the area’s historic Project, the County-designated Beaverdam of historic town districts. The tour begins in roads. It will focus primarily on the Creek Historic Roadways District, Snickers - New Market (established in 1788) L’Enfant Plan and the National Portrait ville Turnpike, and the Journey through which was a featured Context Sensitive Gallery on one of the major reservations of Hallowed Ground (US Route 15), a recently Solutions (CSS) case study presented at the that plan, designated National Scenic Byway. After 2008 PTHR Conference. A visit to historic F Street’s emergence as downtown’s main crossing the Potomac River on its last Downtown Frederick (settled in 1745), will street, and 7th Street as the original road remaining cable ferry, Whites Ferry, the feature: an overview of the county’s Scenic that connected Maryland’s agriculture to the tour enters the 96,000-acre Montgomery Byway, Rural (Rustic) Road and Historic wharves of Georgetown and Foggy Bottom. County Agricultural Reserve; nearly 100 Bridge Preservation programs; and discus- Led by Steve Callcott, DC Deputy SHPO. roads are protected by the County’s Rustic sions regarding a new Wayfinding Program Roads program. The tour will travel on (precipitated in part by a new major gate- OPENING RECEPTION about a dozen rustic roads, stopping to way project) and Small Area Planning as it Co-hosted by US/ICOMOS and the discuss old and new bridges, concrete and pertains to “The Golden Mile,” a major DC Preservation League gravel road surfaces, a restored aqueduct commercial/retail strip area. Tour goers will 6:00pm – 9:00pm (constructed 1829 – 1833) and a public ford. be treated to lunch at Brewer’s Alley, a Pensioner’s Suite, local favorite inside a former opera house. National Building Museum The tour continues west on traces of the Join your friends and meet new ones as we same route used by British General Edward gather in one of the Nation’s Capital’s great Braddock in 1755 and later by armies en historic interior spaces at the National route to the Civil War battlefields of South Building Museum to kick off the Seventh Mountain and Antietam. Our tour concludes Biennial Preserving the Historic Road con- with a nostalgic visit to Boonsboro, known ference. Completed in 1877 as the Pension for the first use of macadam in the US. Building, this magnificent brick structure has been the site of inaugural balls and gala WORKSHOP 3 events. Come early and enjoy the architec- Plan for improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue, Georgetown’s Transportation ture and design exhibits in the museum’s never implemented, 1853. Credit: New York Public Infrastructure galleries. Library. Cancelled 5 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Registration and Information Desk Morning Break James C.