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Highway Excavation
September 27, 1933
Excavation, both manual and machine powered, probably between Richland Center and Boaz on STH 14.
Douglas County Road Crew
September 21, 1933
Employees of Anderson & Sons, a Minneapolis construction company, surfacing and curing USH 53 in Douglas County.
Improved Rural Road
1916
Panoramic view of the section of State Highway 115 in Richland County known as Muscoda-Richland Center Road. Grading and improvement of this hilly section known as Paul's Hill is almost complete a...
Langlade Resurfacing
July 25, 1950
Road crew applying a product known as RCS3 Bitumen, a particular type of asphalt, to seal the surface of STH 47 in Langlade County.
Black River Bridge
1950
State Highway 93 Bridge over the Black River under construction.
Construction Workers' Cabins
September 27, 1933
Cabins for employees of the Interstate Construction Company working near Richland Center and Boaz. Road construction sites were frequently far from accommodations where the workers might stay. In ...
