Divided highways
Subtitle: building the interstate highways, transforming American life
By: Tom Lewis
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780801478222
Subjects: Roads; Automotive Transportation; History
Description: In this updated edition, Lewis brings his story of the Interstate system up to date, concluding with Boston's troubled and yet triumphant Big Dig project, the growing antipathy for big federal infrastructure projects, and the uncertain economics of highway projects both present and future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: The chief; title: Mastering nature; title: The dreamway; title: The GI and the general; title: A grand plan; title: The great puzzle; title: Lines of desire; title: Revolt; title: Busting the trust; title: New rules; title: Continental drift; title: The greatest of improvements; title: Buried desires.