Cultural Resources Links

CDOT Resources

• Historic Photo collection - CDOT has an extensive collection of historic photographs related to highway construction and maintenance. These are not available for public research, but CDOT historians can fill research requests, as needed.
• CDOT Library
• Colorado Highways was a periodical produced by the Colorado Highway Department (the predecessor of CDOT) from 1918 to 1932. Promoted as "a magazine devoted to Good Roads," it contains a treasure trove of historic photos, information on early highway construction projects, and articles on new and innovative techniques for road building. From monthly updates on projects to questions about financing road construction, Colorado Highways shows that 100 years later, road building in Colorado has changed dramatically and hardly changed at all. CDOT's History Program has copies of most issues of the magazine, and they have been scanned as searchable PDFs. Take some time to browse through them, or search for information on specific highways, counties, or projects to learn more about the early years of highway construction in Colorado.

State and National Organizations

• Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists (CCPA)
• Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• Preserving the Historic Road
• Society for American Archaeology
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• Colorado Historical Foundation
• Colorado Preservation, Inc.
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• American Association for State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

Government Agencies

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
• National Park Service (NPS) Technical publications
• National Register of Historic Places
• Federal Highway Administration Historic Preservation

Historic Preservation Legislation

• Laws, Executive Orders, and Regulations Related to Cultural Resources
• The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Historic Preservationists and Cultural Resource Managers
• State Historic Preservation Legislation Database

Miscellaneous

• Frequently Asked Questions About A Career in Archaeology in the U.S.