{{Short description|American Superintendent of New York State Public Works}} '''Frederick Stuart Greene''' (1870 – March 26, 1939), was Superintendent of Public Works of New York State.<ref>{{cite news |title=Col. F.S. Greene, 69, Is Dead in Capital. New York State Public Works Commissioner Left His Post During Recent Illness. Highways Head 18 Years. Foe of Political Favoritism Under 3 Governors. Built War Rail Line in Argonne |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0615F8345B177A93C5AB1788D85F4D8385F9 |quote=Colonel Frederick Stuart Greene, until recently Commissioner of Public Works in New York State, died tonight in Emergency Hospital here of a blood ailment at the age of 69. He was admitted to the hospital yesterday. ...|newspaper=Associated Press in the New York Times |date=March 27, 1939 |access-date=May 4, 2011 }}</ref>
Greene was an outspoken opponent to the scope of the United States Numbered Highways system during its planning.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weingroff |first=Richard F. |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm |title=From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the US Numbered Highway System |work= Highway History |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Too Many Roads as U.S. Highways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/12/20/archives/too-many-roads-as-us-highways-colonel-greene-to-ask-that-one-new.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 20, 1925 |access-date=April 25, 2014 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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