Item request has been placed!
×
Item request cannot be made.
×
Processing Request
Paving America From Coast to Coast.
Item request has been placed!
×
Item request cannot be made.
×
Processing Request
- Author(s): Reid, Robert L.
- Source:
Civil Engineering (0885-7024). Jun2006, Vol. 76 Issue 6, p36-78. 9p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Map.
- Additional Information
- Subject Terms:
- Subject Terms:
- Abstract:
Reveals that the history of constructing the interstate highway system in the U.S. begins before World War I and extends beyond the end of the cold war. Background of the Federal-Aid Road Act of 1916; Insight on Dan McNichol's book "The Roads That Built America"; Efforts of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, a forerunner of the U.S. Department of Transportation, in trying to bring some order to the nation's roads.
No Comments.