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Department of Transportation State Photolog Highway films (2001-17)

Rhode Island State Archives

Rhode Island State Archives
337 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-222-2353
Fax: 401-222-3199
email: statearchives@sos.ri.gov

Collection Overview

Title: Department of Transportation State Photolog Highway films
Date range: 1981
Creator: Rhode Island. Dept. of Transportation
Extent: 12.89 cubic feet other
Abstract: The Department of Transportation State Photolog Highway films contain sequential images of the highway and its environs taken at equal increments of distance from a moving vehicle at driver’s eye level. The film documents such information as number of lanes, surface type, pavement markings, signs and hazards. It provides a permanent record or history of any one state highway at a given time. Additional information is included in the frame of the image, such as date, route description, direction and milepoint. All state roads were filmed in both directions.
Language of materials: English.
Repository: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection number: 2001-17