RAYNOLD'S PASS REST AREA, GARBAGE CAN RACK HAER MT...
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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.