From Trails to Freeways
Author : Kenneth C. Adams
Publisher :
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 23,58 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Roads
ISBN :
Author : Kenneth C. Adams
Publisher :
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 23,58 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Roads
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 15,90 MB
Release : 1925
Category : House document (United States. Congress. House)
ISBN :
Statements of Hon. A.T. Smith, Hon. Albert Johnson, Hon. N.J. Sinnott, Hon. W.C. Hawley, Hon. J.W. Summers, Hon. J.F. Miller, Hon. U.S. Guyer, Hon. C.E. Winter, Hon. W.G. Sears, Hon. Elton Watkins, Hon. J.G. Strong, Hon. E.O. Leatherwood, Mr. W.C. Markham, Hon. R.G. Simmons, Hon. D.B. Colton.
Author : Joseph Macaulay Lowe
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Cumberland Road
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Author : Stavros Diamandopoulous
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 20??
Category : Roads
ISBN : 9780547021737
Author : William H. Shank
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Author : Earl Swift
Publisher : HMH
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 054754913X
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).
Author : Howard J. Erlichman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1603445463
Some five hundred miles of superhighway run between the Rio Grande and the Red River-present-day Interstate 35. This towering achievement of modern transportation engineering links 7.7 million people, yet it all evolved from a series of humble little trails.
Author : Joseph Macaulay 1844-1926 Lowe
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2021-09-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781015061491
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Joseph Macaulay Lowe
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780353291928
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Ted Conover
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0307593061
From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, an absorbing book about roads and their power to change the world. Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the hopes and fears of those who travel them. With his marvelous eye for detail and his contagious enthusiasm, Ted Conover explores six of these key byways worldwide. In Peru, he traces the journey of a load of rare mahogany over the Andes to its origin, an untracked part of the Amazon basin soon to be traversed by a new east-west route across South America. In East Africa, he visits truckers whose travels have been linked to the worldwide spread of AIDS. In the West Bank, he monitors highway checkpoints with Israeli soldiers and then passes through them with Palestinians, witnessing the injustices and danger borne by both sides. He shuffles down a frozen riverbed with teenagers escaping their Himalayan valley to see how a new road will affect the now-isolated Indian region of Ladakh. From the passenger seat of a new Hyundai piling up the miles, he describes the exuberant upsurge in car culture as highways proliferate across China. And from inside an ambulance, he offers an apocalyptic but precise vision of Lagos, Nigeria, where congestion and chaos on freeways signal the rise of the global megacity. A spirited, urgent book that reveals the costs and benefits of being connected—how, from ancient Rome to the present, roads have played a crucial role in human life, advancing civilization even as they set it back.