Interview with Calvin Gay Grayson, April 26, 2010

Project: Kentucky Transportation Center Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Calvin Grayson's interview consisted of a broad history of the role of the Kentucky Department of Highways from the 1950's to the present. It covered the transition of the KDOH into a multimodal Department of Transportation structure. He described in detail his experiences in the planning of the Interstate Defense System of Highways; as well as the Appalachian Development Highway System and the beginnings of the Kentucky parkway system. His interview detailed the process leading to the need for a Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) as well as the transformation of KTC since that time. Mentioned in the interview were policy makers, past governors as well as transportation officials instrumental in the growth of practical research and urban planning within the Kentucky transportation development process.

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2010oh022_ktc002

Interviewee Name

Calvin Gay Grayson

Interviewer Name

Mardi Miller

Laura Lee Whayne

Interview Date

2010-04-26

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Grayson, Calvin Gay Interview by Mardi Miller. 26 Apr. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Grayson, C.G. (2010, April 26). Interview by M. Miller. Kentucky Transportation Center Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Grayson, Calvin Gay, interview by Mardi Miller. April 26, 2010, Kentucky Transportation Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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