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Emma Cotterman, 5, waits for Jerrard Santiago, left, Aidon Cotterman, and her father, Brendon Cotterman, as they walk a section of the Bicentennial Greenway leaving from Gibson Park access on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Greensboro, N.C. (LYNN HEY/ News Record)
Susan Ladd
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:00 am
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Posted on May 20, 2015
Stuck in the mud. That was the metaphor for transportation in North Carolina around the turn of the century. But some state leaders saw the importance of good roads as early as 1902 and founded the Good Roads Association to push for a state-maintained road system.
“A complete system of State Highways will carry light into dark places, build up and improve the morals of our citizens, and induce good people to settle in our midst,” W.A. McGirt, the president of the Good Roads Association, said in 1918.
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