The Interstates...
an overview. Some will know that Eisenhower was in large part responsible for the building of our current interstate system. The overall goal was to span the east to the west with roadways that would ...
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1955 General Location maps
This book from the Bureau of Public Roads of "General location of national system of interstate highways, including all additional routes at urban areas designated in September, 1955 (1955)"
These city maps generally match current Interstates. For smaller towns the highway does bypass, with a spur into town, or for some a loop. But for cities like Seattle, Chicago, is shows the familiar pattern of through routes, passing near downtown, with beltways.
http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/Content/PDFs/Fed_Hwy_Act_1956.pdf
One of the longer histories of the Fed Hwy Act of 1956, with information going back to the Roosevelt years. Location and purpose of the highways was not controversial. Funding was. I don't see any mention of Dept of Defense planning or funding. Eisenhower's war experience was a factor in his enthusiasm for the project, but he did not design the system.
Ike's Grand Plan - presented to a Governors' meeting 1954.
This book from the Bureau of Public Roads of "General location of national system of interstate highways, including all additional routes at urban areas designated in September, 1955 (1955)"
These city maps generally match current Interstates. For smaller towns the highway does bypass, with a spur into town, or for some a loop. But for cities like Seattle, Chicago, is shows the familiar pattern of through routes, passing near downtown, with beltways.
http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS/currentprojects/TAHv3/Content/PDFs/Fed_Hwy_Act_1956.pdf
One of the longer histories of the Fed Hwy Act of 1956, with information going back to the Roosevelt years. Location and purpose of the highways was not controversial. Funding was. I don't see any mention of Dept of Defense planning or funding. Eisenhower's war experience was a factor in his enthusiasm for the project, but he did not design the system.
Ike's Grand Plan - presented to a Governors' meeting 1954.
