The Big Roads The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways

Earl Swift

eBook - 2011

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. Eisenh...ower, 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...

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Published
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Main Author
Earl Swift
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB004X7TM14
Release Date5/16/2011
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780547549132
Release Date5/16/2011