Francis Cutler Turner | |
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| Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration | |
| In office March 13, 1969[1] – June 30, 1972[2] | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Lowell K. Bridwell |
| Succeeded by | Norbert Tiemann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 28, 1908 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | October 6, 1999 (aged 90) Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Education | Texas A&M University |
Francis Cutler Turner (December 28, 1908 – October 6, 1999) was an American administrator, who headed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from March 30, 1969, to June 30, 1972.[3][4]
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- ^ "Search | Roads & Bridges". Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ America's Highways, 1776-1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. 1977. pp. 191–193. LCCN 77603043.
- ^ Nick Ravo (October 6, 1999). "Francis C. Turner, 90, Dies. Shaped the Interstate System". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
Francis C. Turner, often called the chief engineer of the Interstate System of highways that redrew the map of America, died on Saturday at a hospice in Goldsboro, N.C. He was 90. Mr. Turner was the only person to rise through the ranks to head the Federal Highway Administration; he worked 43 years there and at its predecessor, the Bureau of Roads.