In the United States, the first documented use of a painted center line was in 1911 along Trenton's River Road in Wayne County, Michigan.[27] According to the state of Michigan, the idea of using a painted center line was conceived in 1911 by Edward N. Hines, the chairman of the Wayne County, Michigan, Board of Roads,[28] after watching a leaky milk wagon leave a white trail along a road.[27] Hines was the fifth recipient of the George S. Bartlett Award for Highway Progress,[29] and was inducted posthumously in 1972 into the Michigan Transportation Hall of Honor for his innovation, and was honored in 2011 with the first Paul Mijksenaar Design for Function Award.[27]