| The Eisenhower Interstate System Contributor(s): Murphy, John (Author), John Murphy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604130679 ISBN-13: 9781604130676 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: President Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed a national road system as vital to the nation's interest for defense, commerce, safety, and unity. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 created more than 40,000 miles of superhighways, beltlines, and spurs of the modernday highway system to bind the lower 48 states together as an interconnected whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation |
| Dewey: 388.122 |
| LCCN: 2008025544 |
| Series: Building America: Then and Now |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 142 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book details the history of the national road system which was proposed and initialized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. The history of the Interstate Highway System, the planning and the design and construction of the superhighways is included. |