The Big Roads : The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways (Hardcover)

from NewsieQ

Say "Interstate" and the person who comes to mind is Dwight D Eisenhower, right? Not so fast. Based on this fascinating story of America's highway system, old Ike wasn't the enlightened president who rammed through legislation creating the Interstates. Yes, he made a speech or two about the impor...

from librarymary09

This was a really fascinating look at the history of road transportation in the U.S. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

from Schmerguls

5413. The Big Roads The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways, by Earl Swift (read 12 Oct 2016) This book sort of starts with the beginnings of automobiles and tells of how they grew so quickly into a major factor in American life. Alo...

from labdaddy4

Very detailed & well researched - full of facts and trivia. For me, the book seemed to really bog down about 2/3 in. Overall very interesting but probably only for a history buff.

from dougcornelius

I admit that I have a fascination with infrastructure. It seems so natural that I could jump in my car in Boston and be in Florida 24 hours later. I'm already forgetting the snarls and confusion in Boston during the Big Dig and the new harbor tunnel. At the dawn of the automobile age, cross-count...