The Big Roads
The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
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Charts the construction of the U.S. interstate system while evaluating its role in changing the country, discussing the "Good Roads" movement, the protests that ensued when highways reached cities, and how the interstate system reflects notions of citizenship.
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I learned a lot about the interstate highway system in the US, not the least of which is that Eisenhower had less to do with it than I thought.
Parts of it reminded mt of an earlier read, a book about the railroad expansion in the 1800's.
Building the highways had similar problems.