Herbert C. Whitehurst, director of the D.C. highway department, died on September 1,1948, and just a week later D.C. officials proposed that the then-under construction freeway be named for him.
Herbert C. Whitehurst died on September 1,1948. Herbert C. Whitehurst was director of the D.C. highway department. The then-under construction freeway be named for him. This was what later D.C. officials proposed.