The Dwight D Eisenhower National System Of Interstate And Defense Highways
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The Eisenhower Interstate System
Author | : John Murphy |
Publisher | : Chelsea House |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Examines the construction of the interstate highway system.
The Best Investment a Nation Ever Made
Author | : Wendell Cox |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1998-05 |
Genre | : Express highways |
ISBN | : 0788141864 |
Without a first class system of interstate highways, life in America would be far different -- it would be more risky, less prosperous, & lacking in the efficiency & comfort that Americans now enjoy & take for granted. The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate & Defense Highways, in place & celebrating its 40th anniversary, must surely be the best investment a nation ever made. Consider this: it has saved the lives of at least 187,000 people; it has prevented injuries to nearly 12 million people; it has returned more that $6 in economic productivity for each $1 it cost, & much more. Photos. Charts & tables.
The Big Roads
Author | : Earl Swift |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2011-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 054754913X |
Discover the twists and turns of one of America’s great infrastructure projects with this “engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system” (Los Angeles Times). It’s become a part of the landscape that we take for granted, the site of rumbling eighteen-wheelers and roadside rest stops, a familiar route for commuters and vacationing families. But during the twentieth century, the interstate highway system dramatically changed the face of our nation. These interconnected roads—over 47,000 miles of them—are man-made wonders, economic pipelines, agents of sprawl, uniquely American symbols of escape and freedom, and an unrivaled public works accomplishment. Though officially named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower, this network of roadways has origins that reach all the way back to the World War I era, and The Big Roads—“the first thorough history of the expressway system” (The Washington Post)—tells the full story of how they came to be. From the speed demon who inspired a primitive web of dirt auto trails to the largely forgotten technocrats who planned the system years before Ike reached the White House to the city dwellers who resisted the concrete juggernaut when it bore down on their neighborhoods, this book reveals both the massive scale of this government engineering project, and the individual lives that have been transformed by it. A fast-paced history filled with fascinating detours, “the book is a road geek’s treasure—and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories” (Kirkus Reviews).
General Location of National System of Interstate Highways, Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas Designated in September, 1955
Author | : United States Bureau of Public Roads |
Publisher | : Andesite Press |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2017-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781376167238 |
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The States and the Interstates
Author | : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
Publisher | : American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
This report, prepared by the Public Works Historical Society with some minor editing by AASHTO, outlines the origins of the Interstate and Defense Highway System, the early years of its implementation, and the challenges and adjustments required in its completion.
America's highways, 1776-1976
Author | : United States. Federal Highway Administration |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Interstate
Author | : Mark H. Rose |
Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2012-03-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1572337834 |
This new, expanded edition brings the story of the Interstates into the twenty-first century. It includes an account of the destruction of homes, businesses, and communities as the urban expressways of the highway network destroyed large portions of the nation’s central cities. Mohl and Rose analyze the subsequent urban freeway revolts, when citizen protest groups battled highway builders in San Francisco, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and other cities. Their detailed research in the archival records of the Bureau of Public Roads, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Department of Transportation brings to light significant evidence of federal action to tame the spreading freeway revolts, curb the authority of state highway engineers, and promote the devolution of transportation decision making to the state and regional level. They analyze the passage of congressional legislation in the 1990s, especially the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), that initiated a major shift of Highway Trust Fund dollars to mass transit and light rail, as well as to hiking trails and bike lanes. Mohl and Rose conclude with the surprising popularity of the recent freeway teardown movement, an effort to replace deteriorating, environmentally damaging, and sometimes dangerous elevated expressway segments through the inner cities. Sometimes led by former anti-highway activists of the 1960s and 1970s, teardown movements aim to restore the urban street grid, provide space for new streetcar lines, and promote urban revitalization efforts. This revised edition continues to be marked by accessible writing and solid research by two well-known scholars.