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Governor Fred Hall, center of photo, cuts the ribbon
to officially open the first pavement built in the nation under the new
Federal-Aid Highway
Act of 1956. The ceremony took place at the Valencia corner west of
Topeka on Wednesday, November 14, when a new eight-mile section of US-40
was opened
to traffic. Shown left to right; Elmer F. Anderson, state highway commissioner,
second division, Hope; William H. Addington, state highway commissioner,
sixth division, Elkhart; J.R. Cheney, state highway commissioner, fourth
division, Ottawa; Walter Johnson state highway engineer, Topeka; Walter
A. Rugan, state highway commissioner, fifth division, Ellinwood; Ivan
Wassberg, state highway commissioner, first division, Manhattan; Frank
E. Harwi,
Jr., director, state highway commission, Topeka; Governor Hall, Senator
Frank Carlson, George Koss, president, Koss Construction Company; John
Beuerlein, Kansas representative, Koss Construction Company; (unidentified);
and L.H. Vincent, first division engineer.
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"...to provide a statewide transportation system to meet the needs of Kansas."
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