The signs can be subtle, easily missed while we go about our daily lives. However, being aware of and paying attention to the signs of aging in your dog could help you catch health issues early, which may make treatment easier and less expensiveânot to mention save your dog discomfort.
The approval to start building the highway came on February 11, 1942, but construction did not begin until March. The main purpose of building the Alaskan Highway was the defense and resupply of the Alaska Skyway, a string of World War II airfields that dotted the Alaskan coast.
This text is part of Parksâ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Long Island Expressway was not built by one plan, but followed the course of existing roads to build a major highway designed to ease traffic in the Long Island counties. The first segment of what would eventually become the Long Island Expressway opened in 1940, and started at the equally new Queens-Midtown Tunnel.