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Michigan Department of Transportation

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built under the rewards system. Passage of the "State Trunkline Act" provided for 3,000 mi (4,828 km) of roadways with double rewards payments. Further legislation during the Rogers administration allowed for special assessment taxing districts for road improvements, taxation of automobiles based on weight and horsepower and tree-planting along highway roadsides. Another law allowed the commissioner to name all unnamed state roads. It also allowed for the posting of signage with the names and distances to towns. The centerline was first invented in 1911 in
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planning, design safety evaluation and construction. Additionally, this division licenses airports, flight schools, aircraft, and aircraft dealers and inspects airports. Seminars for pilots are run to keep license pilots up to date on current procedures. Mike Trout oversees the Aeronautics. The Aviation Services Division assists airports in bring in and retaining airline services. Through the Airport Preservation Program, this division aids at risk airports to find ways to stay open.
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rules. It has three divisions: Airports Division, Aviation Services, and Freight Services. The bureau, along with the Passenger Transportation Bureau, was formed out of the Multi-Modal Transportation Services Bureau in 2006. The Airports Division runs development programs for airports which includes
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MDOT is organized into seven regions statewide and a series of divisions and bureaus that report through two chief officers to the department director. The chief administrative officer oversees the sections of the department related to aviation and aeronautics, finances, transportation planning and
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The Michigan State Transportation Commission establishes policy for the Michigan Department of Transportation as they relate to transportation programs, facilities, and developments. The Michigan State Transportation Commission is composed of six members, serving three-year terms, appointed by the
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gave the department authority over all transportation programs in Michigan. The department was renamed on August 23, 1973, to the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation giving it responsibility for aviation, railroads, buses, ships, ports and non-motorized pathways and trails. In
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In 1913 voters elected Frank Rogers to the post of highway commissioner. This election was the first after the legislature made it an elective post. Automobile registrations surged to 20 times the level at the department's formation, to 60,438, and there were 1,754 mi (2,823 km) of roads
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The adoption of the 1963 Constitution reorganized the department. No longer would the highway commissioner be elected. Instead, a six-member commission appointed by the governor and headed day to day by a department director initial appointed by the commission. The new commission would also have
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was created in the late 1950s, Michigan modified existing freeway plans to fit the Interstate standards. In the 1960s nearly 1,000 mi (2,000 km) of freeways were built at an average pace of one new mile every three to four days. Michigan was also the first state to complete a border to
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At first the department administered rewards to the counties and townships for building roads to state minimum specifications. In 1905 there were 68,000 mi (110,000 km) of roads in Michigan. Of these roads, only 7,700 mi (12,000 km) were improved with gravel and 245 mi
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in Marquette County. That same year, the first stop sign was put in place and the country's first "crow's nest" traffic signal tower was installed in Detroit. This traffic light using red-yellow-green was developed by William Potts, a Detroit police officer. Michigan is also home to the first
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In November 1978, Michigan voters approved Proposal M, which, in addition to allocating gas tax revenues, replaced the Michigan State Highway Commission with the Michigan State Transportation Commission. By 1983, the department director became appointed by the state governor.
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jurisdiction over "such other public works of the state as provided by law. At the time, the name was rearranged to the Michigan Department of State Highways. The legislative authorization led to 1970s reorganization of the department. An executive order by Governor
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in 1900 at the urging of the Detroit Wheelmen bicycle club. The legislature set up a state reward system for highways and created the State Highway Department with an office of Highway Commissioner. Earle was appointed by Governor
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as an independent agency through the department director. The International Bridge Administration (IBA) is the arm of the department responsible to the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority. That authority maintains the
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The Michigan Aeronautics Commission is charged with creating rules regarding airports, related facilities and pilot training. It is composed of five gubernatorial appointees and 4 department head representatives.
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to form a State Highway Commission in 1892. Another law in 1893 allowed voters in each county to establish county road commissions. The attention of Michigan residents was turned to the good-roads movement by
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only instead of gravel and macadam with an increase in the gas tax in 1927. Highway construction in the 1920s earned Michigan national attention. The first trunklline completed in concrete was
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pushed for better roads and streets. They also wanted to ensure that bicyclists could use these streets and roads free from interference from horsedrawn vehicles. This movement persuaded the
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ruled the law unconstitutional. A constitutional amendment was passed in 1905 to reverse this decision. The department was formed, and Earle was appointed commissioner by Governor
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for a time. Further changes culminated in adding all modes of transportation to the department's portfolio. In August 1973, the department was once again renamed to the
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human resources. The chief operations officers supervises the seven regional offices, and the divisions devoted to highway research, design and construction.
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The offices devoted to communications, passenger transportation and business and economic affairs report to director of the department. The
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peninsulas. The first gasoline tax was enacted in 1923 at the rate of $ 0.02/gal (equivalent to $ 0.36/gal in 2023), but vetoed by Governor
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to Detroit running 205 mi (330 km). The 1950s and 60s also brought the completion of several major bridges in Michigan, the
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Ex-officio director of the Michigan Aeronautics Commission as the Director of the Bureau of Aeronautics and Freight Services of MDOT
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by Edward N. Hines, and saw its first implementation on a state highway in 1917 along the Marquette-Negaunee Road, then M-15 and now
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to keep 590 mi (950 km) of strategic highways clear. In 1919 Michigan first signed the trunklines, the second state after
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Dead Man's Curve along the Marquette–Negaunee Road shown in 1917 with its hand-painted centerline, the first in the nation
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Road Commission on April 2, 1909 and finished on July 4, 1909, at a cost of $ 13,354 (equivalent to $ 323,967 in 2023).
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The first State Highway Department was created on July 1, 1905. The department was born out of the
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which includes all Interstate, US and state highways in Michigan with the exception of the
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The Bureau of Aeronautics and Freight Services carries out the enforcement of the
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by executive order. The name was later simplified and shortened to that of today.
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requires that no more than three members be from the same political party.
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The first ferry service was started on July 1, 1923, linking Michigan's
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in 1962. The biggest bridge designed by the department spanned the
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at the turn of the century. Bicycle enthusiasts as a part of the
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International Bridge Administration (September 24, 2009).
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and even put together a tour of a 1 mi (1.6 km)
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Michigan's section of the Interstate Highway System
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State of Michigan
West Ottawa Street
Lansing, Michigan
42°44′04″N 84°33′30″W / 42.73444°N 84.55833°W / 42.73444; -84.55833
Constitution of Michigan
Article V § 28
www.michigan.gov/mdot
government
Michigan
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
Mackinac Bridge
Great Depression
World War II
freeways
Michigan's section of the Interstate Highway System
Good Roads Movement
League of American Wheelmen
Michigan State Legislature
Horatio S. Earle
Port Huron
macadam
state senate
Aaron Bliss
attorney general
Fred M. Warner
concrete
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Wayne County

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