Category:Bureau of Public Roads

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<nowiki>Bureau of Public Roads; Former agency in the United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce</nowiki>
Bureau of Public Roads 
Former agency in the United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce
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  • United States of America
Inception
  • 1893
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Wikidata Q131431598
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10515473, 10515472
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  • English: The Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was a United States federal agency operating within the United States Department of Agriculture during 1905 to 1939. (Previous agency names were Office of Road Inquiry and Office of Public Roads.)
    • In 1939, BPR was renamed as the Public Roads Administration (PRA) and shifted to the Federal Works Agency.
    • In 1949 the PRA was once again named the Bureau of Public Roads, and was placed under the Department of Commerce.
    • In 1967 the BPR was replaced by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the Department of Transportation.

Media in category "Bureau of Public Roads"

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