History of the Interstate Highway System in Indiana: Development of the national program
Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 878 pages
File Size : 48,2 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Express highways
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Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,83 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 554 pages
File Size : 44,56 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Express highways
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Author : U. S. Congress
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Page : 53 pages
File Size : 11,66 MB
Release : 2017-01-29
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ISBN : 9781520488806
In 1956, after much planning and compromise, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act, creating the interstate highway system, a project which transformed America forever. As our Country entered the 20th century, good roads, even paved roads, weren't common. Plans for a national system of expressways were developed in 1944 by the National Highway Committee. Congress designated the 40,000 mile national system of interstate highways in 1944, but funding would not be authorized until 1952, when President Harry Truman signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1952, offering a token down payment of $25 million for the interstates. However, it would be up to the next President, President Dwight David Eisenhower, to lead the campaign for the Nation's interstate system. President Eisenhower made it a keystone of his domestic agenda when he was elected to office in 1953. He envisaged a new, tax-based financing plan with the Federal Government bearing the largest share of construction costs. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act without fanfare, in a hospital room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he was recovering from illness. Today, Americans continue to reap the benefits of that legislation. The wide, relatively straight roadways in the interstate highway system were designed to be faster and safer than the two-lane roads that preceded them. In fact, the interstate system is the safest road system in America.
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Transportation Studies. Library
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Express highways
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Author : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Publisher : American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Transportation
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This report, prepared by the Public Works Historical Society with some minor editing by AASHTO, outlines the origins of the Interstate and Defense Highway System, the early years of its implementation, and the challenges and adjustments required in its completion.
Author : David Alan Ripple
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Express highways
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