F.A.P. Highway Marker - Marlow, OK
Posted by: hamquilter
N 34° 35.664 W 097° 58.045
14S E 594689 N 3828549
This is a marker to designate a portion of highway placed under the Federal-Aid Primary Highway System.
Waymark Code: WMXKA5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2018
Views: 17
While viewing a police officer monument on the median of Highway 7 in Marlow, we discovered this unusual F.A.P. marker. Having never seen one before in our travels, we did some research and found that it is designating a portion of highway constructed in 1929 partially financed by a federal government program of inter-state highways. According to the Federal Highway Administration website:
The Federal-aid primary highway system (FAP system) is a system of connected main highways, selected by each state highway department subject to the approval of the Bureau of Public Roads.
The Federal-Aid Highway Program supports State highway systems by providing financial assistance for the construction, maintenance and operations of the Nation's 3.9 million-mile highway network, including the Interstate Highway System, primary highways and secondary local roads. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is charged with implementing the Federal-aid Highway Program in cooperation with the States and local government.
Local government - primarily counties, cities and towns, or local public agencies (LPAs) - own and operate about 75 percent, or roughly 2.9 million miles, of the Nation's highway network. LPAs build and maintain this network using a variety of funding sources, including the Federal-aid Highway Program. An estimated 7,000 LPAs manage about $7 billion annually in Federal-aid projects, or roughly 15 percent of the total program.
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This marker reads:
Oklahoma F.A.P. 145 Sec. D Lgth. 5.269 Mi Built 1929
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Condition: Worn
Date placed: 01/01/1929
Material: Metal
Inscription: See narrative
Name of road: State Highway 7
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