Follow the refurbished WWI surplus truck as it travels the state.
Watch a video compilation of our first one hundred years.
Take a photographic journey through time with TxDOT.
In 1917, the first Texas Highway Commission planned a network of highways that would span 8,865 miles.
Palm trees line U.S. Highway 281 south of Pharr in the 1950s.
Construction of Interstate 35 in Austin, looking south at the former intersection of East Avenue and 15th Street, in December 1959.
In 1957, Texas Highway Department employees Virgil Ingram and Harold Ringer repainted the Rainbow Bridge.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon enacted a national 55 mph speed limit due to the energy crisis.
The Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge on US 181, shown here in 1966, opened in 1959. The bridge is 235 feet high and the main span is 640 feet long.
Light traffic on the section of Interstate 35E known as the Stemmons Freeway, looking south on Sept. 1, 1960, in Dallas.
A flood washed away this 1923 Pecos River Bridge on US 90 in 1954.
In the 1890s and early 1900s, a mule-powered rapid transit system hauled people around downtown Seguin. Courtesy Seguin Public Library
Opened in 1982, the Pennybacker Bridge crosses Lake Austin on Loop 360.
Rivet inspector D.A. Talbert during construction of the Neches River High Bridge (now known as the Rainbow Bridge) on Texas 87.
In the early 1930s, the Texas Highway Patrol was part of the Texas Highway Department.
The first public Commission meeting was held June 21, 1917, in Mineral Wells.
In 1977, after 20 years, the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike toll booths came down and Interstate 30 signs went up.
Andy Anderson outside the warehouse at Roby when he retired in 1958. He recalled living on $10 for half a month during the Great Depression. "It was worth it," he said.
In 1956, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to build the interstate highway system. This is the first sign installed on I-30, near Greenville, on Dec. 16, 1958.
In the 1960s, before Don't mess with Texas, there was the Litter Critter.
Construction of the Interstate 10 bridge across the Llano River in Kimble County in May 1970.
Key punch machine operators perforating cards in 1962. These cards supplied data to TxDOT's IBM computer.
A portion of Route 66, known as the "Main Street of America," crossed the Texas Panhandle. It was replaced by Interstate 40.
Beginning in February, a refurbished World War I surplus truck used by the department in its earliest years will travel around the state in 2017.
A backdrop and exhibit showcasing highlights of TxDOT's 100-year history will accompany the truck.
Read our special 42-page TxDOT Centennial edition.
Take an illustrated tour of our colorful history.
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