If you look this up, you’ll see that it’s correct. Eisenhower was a fierce advocate of the following: Infrastructure, e.g., the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the 41,000-mile Interstate Highway System to improve national defense and commerce Social Programs, …
Where the Republican Party Has Gone Since Eisenhower in the 1950s Read More »
It’s the 60th anniversary of the signing of U.S. President Eisenhower’s Federal Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. On this occasion, let’s note a few aspects of the project that bear mentioning in the context of our modern-day …
The U.S. Highway System Is More Than Just a Few Thousand Miles of Macadam Read More »
On this day in 1956, a few days before my first birthday, President Eisenhower signed the Federal Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. I think of the implications of our vast network of highways frequently, normally in connection …
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