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Michigan

The Michigan Department of Transportation recently celebrated its 100^th Anniversary. Below are photos from some of the celebrations.

Centennial Kick-Off

Michigan kicked off its centennial in January. A group of MDOT "mascots," the Interstate Kids, were revived for the occasion. Each "kid" represents one of the state's major interstate highways. Also present at many centennial events was Horatio "Good Roads" Earle, the state's first Highway Commissioner, as portrayed by an MDOT retiree. Both Earle and the Kids were featured at an MDOT event at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Hall in Detroit in January.

Good Roads Earle in costume.

Earle and the Interstate Kids with Governor Jennifer Granholm at the auto show.

Group shot including Earle, Governor Granholm, and many MDOT executives and members of the Centennial committee.

The Interstate Kids clowning around at the auto show.

Earle and the Interstate Kids with MDOT Director Gloria J. Jeff at the January centennial kick-off ceremony in front of the Van Wagoner Transportation building in Lansing.

"Tranportation Day" Parade

Centennial Signs

MDOT "Birthday Party"