HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT: FINANCE DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Trunk Highway Construction Expenditure Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Department of Highways. Finance Division. | |
| Title: | Trunk Highway Construction Expenditure Records. | |
| Dates: | 1921-1961. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | A variety of summaries and reports of expenditures for the construction of trunk highways and state aid roads. Expenditure categories include engineering, grading, surfacing, structures (e.g., bridges, culverts, guard rails), land acquisition, roadside development, and construction bonds. | |
| Quantity: | 4.0 cubic feet (5 volumes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Highways. Finance Division. Trunk Highway Construction Expenditure Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 979-102; 984-162
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017111790104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 116.F.7.10F | Trunk Highway Construction Expenditures, 1921-1931. 2 volumes in post binders. | ||||||||||
| Annual summaries of expenditures classified as engineering, grading, structures, gravel surfacing, paving, miscellaneous structures, land fro trunk highway purposes, general, and bonds. The volumes also contain annual summaries for each county, and annual summaries of expenses for administrative and engineering branches. Arranged by county, thereunder by year and trunk highway number. Cover label: County Trunk Highway Ledger. The County Trunk Highway Summaries (below) are similar. | |||||||||||
| 106.H.2.3 | Trunk Highway Construction Expenditure Reports, 1924-1930. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Assorted blueprint and typescript tabular reports on Construction Department expenditures for trunk highway and state aid roads, primarily: | |||||||||||
| (a) "Detail Accomplishment on Trunk Highway Construction by State Projects," showing expenditures, by project, for grading, surfacing, and structures (bridges, culverts, guard rails). A similar report is called "Detail of Charges...." | |||||||||||
| (b) "Construction Department Expenditures by County and Trunk Highway," showing totals in various expense categories. | |||||||||||
| (c) Summaries of construction bond liabilities, by county. | |||||||||||
| They include tables detailing charges, expenditures, status of payments, reconciliation, recapitulation, and biennial and annual summaries. | |||||||||||
| 106.H.2.1 | Trunk Highway Construction Expenditures: Summaries, 1939-1961: | ||||||||||
| Control Section Summaries. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| 106.H.2.2 | County Trunk Highway Summaries. 1 volume. | ||||||||||
| Annual summaries, arranged by county and thereunder by control section or trunk highway number. Expenditure classifications: Right of way, engineering, roadway grading and drainage and protective structures, base courses, surface courses, improved shoulders and approach surfacing, bridges, traffic service, roadside development, undistributed costs, total, and total to date. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Roads -- Design and construction -- Minnesota -- Costs.
- Roads -- Minnesota -- Right of way.
- Functions:
- Accounting.
- Constructing.
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