Building the American Highway System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building the American Highway System write by Bruce Edsall Seely. This book was released on 1987-01-01. Building the American Highway System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Divided Highways
Divided Highways - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divided Highways write by Tom Lewis. This book was released on 1999. Divided Highways available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis tells the monumental story of the largest engineered structure ever built: the Interstate Highway System. Here is one of the great untold tales of American enterprise, recounted entirely through the stories of the human beings who thought up, mapped out, poured, paved - and tried to stop - the Interstates. Conceived and spearheaded by Thomas "the Chief" MacDonald, the iron-willed bureaucrat from the muddy farmlands of Iowa who rose to unrivaled power, the highway system was propelled forward through the pathbreaking efforts of brilliant engineers, argued over by politicians of every ideological and moral stripe, reviled by the citizens whose lives it devastated, and lauded as the greatest public works project in U.S. history.
The Big Roads
The Big Roads - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Roads write by Earl Swift. This book was released on 2011-06-09. The Big Roads available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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).
The Eisenhower Interstate System
The Eisenhower Interstate System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Eisenhower Interstate System write by John Murphy. This book was released on 2009. The Eisenhower Interstate System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the construction of the interstate highway system.
The Roads that Built America
The Roads that Built America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roads that Built America write by Dan McNichol. This book was released on 2006. The Roads that Built America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The year 2006 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Interstate System, the most incredible road system in the world. Created by Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose WW II experiences taught him the necessity of a superhighway for military transport and evacuation in wartime, today's Interstate System is what connects our coasts and our borders, our cities and small towns. It's made possible our suburban lifestyle and caused the vast proliferation of businesses from HoJos to Holiday Inns. And if you order something online, most likely it's a truck barreling along an interstate that gets the product to your door. Written by bestselling author Dan McNichol, The Roads that Built America is the fascinating story of the largest engineering project the world has ever known.
