Fort Barrette Road

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Fort Barrette Road
State Route 901
South end Naval Air Station Barbers Point
North endI-H1.svg H-1

Located in Kapolei, Hawaii, the island of Oahu. Ft. Barrette road was constructed as an access road for the Marine Corps air station Barbers Point, later to be converted to Naval Air Station Barbers Point. The first half of the road circles Pu'uokapolei, an ancient extinct cinder cone. [1] The northern terminus of Ft. Barrette road intersects Farrington Highway and turns into Makakilo drive, a city and county of Honolulu roadway.

Fort Barrette

Fort Barrette Road is named after Fort Barrette. The nearby fort is named in honor of John Davenport Barrette, who was a brigadier general in the coastal defenses of the United States Army during World War I. The fort was constructed during the early 1930s. [2] [3] [4] [5] On nearby Pu'u Makakilo were Fire-control stations "A'" (pre-WWII, one structure) and "Makakilo" (World War II) which were part of Fort Barrette [6] From January 1961 to March 1970, the 298th Air Defense Artillery Group, HI ARNG, used Fort Barrette as a support base for the nearby Nike Hercules missile battery (double site, 24 missiles) at Pālehua (OA-63) on Makakilo. [4] [6] [7] [8] The 2nd Battalion manned these sites, known as batteries A and D. [7] Target tracking was by the Integrated Fire Control (IFC) radars located above Pālehua. [7] Oahu was the first place in the United States to receive the solid fuel Nike Hercules. [7] Fort Barrette Road connects Fort Barrette and Makakilo.

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References

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  2. "American Seacoast Defenses Forts, Military Reservations and Batteries 1794–1945: Oahu 1922" (PDF). Coast Defense Study Group (cdsg.org). Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  3. Cole, William (April 22, 2009). "Fort Barrette Road's name becoming a heated issue: Kapolei fort defended coast". Honolulu Advertiser . Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "War Ruins in South Oahu: Kapolei". Walk Around War Ruins by Yukyu no Sarasojyu. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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  6. 1 2 "Fort Barrette". North American Forts website. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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  8. Flannigan, Mike. "Lat-Lon of U.S. Nike systems and command structure sorted by Location: Ewa / Makakilo, HI". ed-thelen.org website. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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