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"Travelers hitting the highways this summer might better appreciate the asphalt beneath their tires thanks to this engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Engaging, informative . . . The first thorough history of the expressway system."--Jonathan Yardley, "Washington Post
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"The book is a road geek's treasure--and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories." --"Kirkus"
"Readers interested in urban planning as well as engineering will find a well-told story about a defining American feature." --"Publishers Weekly"
"America s interstate system tied together urban areas, bypassed thousands of small-town main streets, fanned the sprawl of suburbia, and sent millions of baby boomers on road trips with their parents, asking, Are we there yet? With a great sense of how this changed the country, Earl Swift has told an intriguing tale of vision, personal sacrifice, and can-do determination." Walter R. Borneman, author of Rival Rails: The Race to Build America s Greatest Transcontinental Railroad
"Travelers hitting the highways this summer might better appreciate the asphalt beneath their tires thanks to this engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system." Los Angeles Times
Engaging, informative . . . The first thorough history of the expressway system. Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
"The book is a road geek s treasure and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories." Kirkus
"Readers interested in urban planning as well as engineering will find a well-told story about a defining American feature." Publishers Weekly
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-America's interstate system tied together urban areas, bypassed thousands of small-town main streets, fanned the sprawl of suburbia, and sent millions of baby boomers on road trips with their parents, asking, 'Are we there yet?' With a great sense of how this changed the country, Earl Swift has told an intriguing tale of vision, personal sacrifice, and can-do determination.- --Walter R. Borneman, author of Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad
-Travelers hitting the highways this summer might better appreciate the asphalt beneath their tires thanks to this engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system.---Los Angeles Times
-Engaging, informative . . . The first thorough history of the expressway system.---Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
-The book is a road geek's treasure--and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories.- --Kirkus
-Readers interested in urban planning as well as engineering will find a well-told story about a defining American feature.- --Publishers Weekly
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } “At nearly forty-seven thousand miles long and at least four lanes wide, the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways is the greatest public works project in history .º.º. The interstates changed the face of America.”—From The Big Roads
PRAISE FOR THE BIG ROADS
“America’s interstate system tied together urban areas, bypassed thousands of small-town main streets, fanned the sprawl of suburbia, and sent millions of baby boomers on road trips with their parents, asking, ‘Are we there yet?’ With a great sense of how this changed the country, Earl Swift has told an intriguing tale of vision, personal sacrifice, and can-do determination.”—Walter R. Borneman, author of Rival Rails: The Race to Build America’s Greatest Transcontinental Railroad
“Objects in the rearview mirror prove eerily close on every page of this lively, eminently sensible history of the guardrailed monument to American mobility.”—John R. Stilgoe, author of Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
“A joy ride. Earl Swift has written the best kind of popular history—one that paints vivid portraits, debunks myths and brings to life the fascinating and appalling stories behind the creation of that massive mixed blessing known as America’s interstate highways.”—Bill Morris, author of Motor City
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