Back in 1956 Eisenhower on this date, Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. It is also known as the Nation System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act. Probably the greatest public works project in American history. Whereas the Interstate is good for getting from point A to point B, it is sterile and mostly lacks the personality of the US Numbered Highways. I could wax on about this, but there is an upside, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 has given us vast stretches of old Numbered Highways, many of which are untouched by time. As awesome as a world without Interstates seems, it would have meant a loss of the old highways.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Not Easy to Define
Back in 1956 Eisenhower on this date, Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. It is also known as the Nation System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act. Probably the greatest public works project in American history. Whereas the Interstate is good for getting from point A to point B, it is sterile and mostly lacks the personality of the US Numbered Highways. I could wax on about this, but there is an upside, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 has given us vast stretches of old Numbered Highways, many of which are untouched by time. As awesome as a world without Interstates seems, it would have meant a loss of the old highways.
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