The Big Roads
The Big Roads
- ISBN 13:
9780547907246
- ISBN 10:
0547907249
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 09/18/2012
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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Summary
Perhaps nothing changed the face of America more than the creation of the interstate system. At once a connective network, economic force, man-made wonder, and bringer of sprawl and blight, the interstate system turned haphazard dirt tracks into an organized framework of paved highways. The Big Roadsdocuments this historic feat, from its inception at the turn of the century to its completion during Eisenhower's presidency. But once those plans began to be put into place, it turned out that not everyone was on board. As the highways approached urban centers, residents protested both the impact to Main Streets and the environment, concerns that are just as relevant today. With a view toward players both great and small, Swift gives readers the full story of one of America's greatest engineering achievements.