Additional Resources:
* Alabama Department of Transportation
* Indian Trails to Interstates: The Story of Alabama’s Road System
Download chapters on the history of roads
* Bessie Coleman Robinson Collection Early Roads
* Encyclopedia of Alabama
* Alabama Bronze Map
Use the bronze map of Alabama to locate imagesof importance in relationship to transportation in Alabama. When visiting
* Alabama Bronze Map - John Bankhead
* Father of the US Highway
* Alabama Bronze Map—Rooster Bridge
Related Links:
* Discovering Alabama APT Video: Alabama’s Rivers
* The History of Roads
* The History of Cars
* The Federal Road
* Old Federal Road
* Natchez Trace
* Henry Ford-Automobiles
* The History of Transportation: Railroads—APTPlus Discovery streaming video Complete with teacher’s guide and quiz
* America on the Move: Life on the Railroad—APTPlus Thinkfinity activity
* The History of Railroads
* Old Alabama Rails Homepage
* Rivers of Alabama
* Transportation and Alabama’s Rivers
* Transportation and Alabama’s Rivers Map
* Early American Roads and Trails
* Alabama Transportation
* Alabama’s Scenic River Trail
* Stagecoach Route
* How Automobiles and Trucks Affect the Places They Go (01:54) Video
