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"After the highway was paved, East County residents continued to be involved working on the highway. Two local farmers, Frank Knieriem and David Butler, painted the yellow center stripe from the Summit to Latourell by hand."
"After the highway was paved, East County residents continued to be involved working on the highway. Two local farmers, Frank Knieriem and David Butler, painted the yellow center stripe from the Summit to Latourell by hand."
Mershon, East of the Sandy III, 16-17
"Sometime between Rexford's innovative striping of the highway and 1954, the centerline color had changed to yellow. By 1958, the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads mandated white... But after only two years, the yellow lines were back - at least on the state highways."
"Sometime between Rexford's innovative striping of the highway and 1954, the centerline color had changed to yellow. By 1958, the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads mandated white... But after only two years, the yellow lines were back - at least on the state highways."
Peg Willis. Building the Columbia River Highway: They Said It Couldn’t Be Done. Charleston: The History Press. 2014. 135.
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