History
The predecessor to TDOT was created by legislative action in 1915 when the first administrative agency for highways and the first highway commission to guide the administrative agency's activities were created. The highway commission was directed by six non-compensated commissioners which included the governor, the state geologist, and the dean of the University of Tennessee Engineering School. In 1919, transportation was organized under a three-commissioner structure which remained in place until 1923. The agency was reorganized in 1923 with the establishment of a single commissioner in Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of 1923. Under the single commissioner structure in 1923, J.G. Creveling, Jr. was appointed by Governor Austin Peay. In 1972, the agency name was changed to the Tennessee Department of Transportation to reflect other modes of transportation in addition to highways.
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