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[U.S,. Highway 81 in Williamson County]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Highway 81 in Williamson County. Detours and barricades as part of Federal Aid Project 140-C. Also known as Highway 2 (old designation) Fences barricade access. A Southwestern Greyhound Lines bus approaches on the right and a man is atop a telephone pole.
Date: February 18, 1937
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.

[U.S,. Highway 81 detour in Taylor]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Highway 81 detour through Taylor. Barricades and Detour Signs Federal Aid Project 140-C Reop. U.II. Also known as Highway 2 (old designation). Shows men standing and sitting at a Chevrolet sales and service garage next to large detour warning. Actual route of U.S. Highway 79 also known as Highway 43 (old designation).
Date: March 3, 1937
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.

[I.G.N. Overpass at Round Rock]

Description: Photograph of International & Great Northern railroad crossing in Round Rock on U.S. Highway 81 (old designation). September 1936. Location of January 22, 1927 accident – A bus carrying the Baylor University basketball team to a game at the University of Texas at Austin takes a grade crossing just as an International-Great Northern train approaches. Evasive action is taken, but the bus skids on the rain-soaked road surface directly into the path of the train. 10 players are killed, 12 injured.… more
Date: 1936
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
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