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Interstate 50^th Anniversary Kick-Off Image Gallery

Below are some photos from the January 23 Interstate 50th Anniversary Kick-Off Celebration. Clicking on a photo will take you to a full-size version of the image.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta addresses the press conference. Mineta cuts the ribbon to launch the 50th Anniversary of the Interstate celebration.
Also pictured (l-r): Gary Ridley, Director, Oklahoma DOT; Gloria Jeff, Director, Michigan DOT; Robert Skinner, Executive Director, TRB; John Horsley, Executive Director, AASHTO; Peter Ruane, President and CEO, ARTBA. AASHTO President Harold Linnenkohl addresses the press conference.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation Director Gary Ridley addresses the press conference. The 1956 Buick Roadmaster. Mineta and Horsley listen to the speeches.
Also pictured (foreground): Alan Pisarski, Chairman, TRB History Committee and Helen Sramek, AAA. Ruane, Sramek, Mineta, Sprynczynatyk, and Sandherr. Horsley, Sandherr, and Sramek. (l-r) Sramek, Pisarski, Mineta, AASHTO Vice President David Sprynczynatyk, and AGC CEO Steve Sandherr. AASHTO Communications Director Sunny Schust, Pisarski, and Sramek.