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byLinks to the Eisenhower Interstate System
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Interstate Highway System - Quotables
| “Its title is obscure, but its impact is not: [The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956] created the Interstate Highway System, which touched virtually every aspect of American life in the past 50 years.” | |
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Interstate Highway System - Memories
Narratives
Traveling the Interstate is an overlooked daily ritual for some Americans and a distinctive rite of passage for others. For those who are intrigued by Interstate travel, often a memorable incident will further encourage this interest. Some have taken this fascination...
Interstate Highway System - Art Gallery
Historic American Roads
Over the years, numerous writers, songwriters, and...
What Comes After 1972?
With the end of the Interstate program in sight, Federal Highway Administrator Rex Whitton used the title of his annual address to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) in October 1963 to put a simple question before State highway leaders: "What Comes After 1972?"...
The Size of the Job
In 1961, the Bureau of Public Roads issued a summary of what it would take to build "the greatest peacetime public works program in history." Referring to the 41,000-mile Interstate System as it was then designated and its completion date in the early 1970s, the summary offered...