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HAER MT-148-JHAER MT-148-J

RAYNOLD'S PASS REST AREA, GARBAGE CAN RACKMilepost 15.8, tangent to U.S. Highway 287, adjacent to parking lot,approximately 32 feet southeast of restroomCameron vicinityMadison CountyMontana

HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORDINTERMOUNTAIN REGIONAL OFFICE

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior12795 West Alameda Parkway

Denver, CO 80228

HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORDRAYNOLD'S PASS REST AREA, GARBAGE CAN RACK HAER No. MT-148-J

I. INTRODUCTION

Location: Raynold's Pass Rest Area, Garbage Can RackMilepost 15.8, tangent to U.S. Highway 287Adjacent to parking lot, approximately 32 feet southeast

of restroomCameron vicinityMadison CountyMontana

Quad: Squaw Creek, Montana (1988)

UTM: 12/453159t4972252

Date of Construction circa 1990

Present Owner: Montana Department of TransportationHelena, Montana

Present Use: Garbage can rack

Significance: The Raynold's Pass Rest Area is significant for itsassociation with the Montana Department ofTransportation's (MDT) development of roadside rest areas

during the 1960s. The department developed a standarddesign for rest areas, including landscaping, and this site isrepresentative of that standard design. The MDT locatedmany rest areas at scenic areas in Montana to encourageusers to stop and spend time at them. The Raynold's Pass

Rest Area is representative of the type of rest areaestablished along the state's two-lane highways. Whilemany of the features located at the site are not historic, theystill reflect the MDT's philosophy for this type of facility inthe late twentieth century.

Historian: Jon Axline, Montana Department of TransportationIuly 2014

Raynold's Pass Rest Area, Garbage Can RackHAER No. MT-148-J(pase2)

II. HISTORY

The American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) developed the guidelines forhighway rest areas in 1958. Those guidelines were published as A Polícy on Safety Rest Areas

for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. In it, AASHO specifically statesthat "receptacles for garbage and trash should be provided in sufficient number and so

conveniently located in relation to tables and parking space as to encourage their use." Thegarbage can rack is located about midway between the two picnic table shelters (MT-148-C andD).'

III. DESCRIPTION

The garbage can consists of a wood rack with faced with vertical boards. It holds five metalgarbage cans, which are kept in place by a plywood holder. The rack does not appear to be ofhistoric age. The rack is I0' 7" in length and2' 7" wide; it is 3'3" feet in height. The garbagecans are 18" in diameter and have five half-dome lids with openings on the west. The garbage

can rack is oriented northwest to southeast along the tangent of the parking lot, which is five feetto the west. It is located about 32 feet southeast of the restroom builciing (Vf-t+S-e¡.

I Commíttee on Plaming and Design Policies, A Policy on Safety Rest Areas for the Nationctl System of Interstateand Defense Highways (Washington DC; American Association of State Highway Officials, 30 April 1958), 15.