Author Talk: From Footpaths to Freeways
Saturday, June 17, 2017, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Minneapolis Central Library, Doty Board Room (N-280)
Join us for an author talk with Joel Katz, author of From Footpaths to Freeways, who will discuss the history of highway development in Hennepin County and around Minnesota. The talk will cover how Minnesota's road and street systems developed – from their beginnings prior to statehood in the 1840s to the present. Other topics will include road classifications, construction and maintenance, traffic control, safety, congestion, bridges, and the Interstate freeway system.
Register online or call (612)543-5669.
This program is presented in collaboration with the Hennepin History Museum.
Photographs from the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. Find more highway photos online.


















