Keyword(s): Walt Crowley and Kit Oldham
This chronology marks the major milestones in the evolution of Washington's transportation system over a century of progress, challenge, and innovation.
On July 9, 1949, Governor Arthur Langlie (1900-1966) presides at the dedication of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. He warns eagles, hawks, and skylarks to move over for "We, too, have at last wo...
In a special election on February 8, 1972, Seattle voters endorse the City Council's cancelation of the R. H. Thomson Expressway, a planned third north-south highway through Seattle (in addition to St...