Seventy years ago, on June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, aka the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, into law. It created the Dwight D.
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This morning, Ron Sims retweeted this link from Streetsblog.net about the other Portland: Maine DOT is in the process of rebuilding Interstate 295 through downtown Portland, section by section, and a ...
The cover of "City Limits" and author Megan Kimble. (Courtesy of Crown Publishing Group and Lisa Woods) America's Interstate Highway System cut through the hearts of many downtown areas when it was ...
America's Interstate Highway System cut through the hearts of many downtowns when it was built in the 1950s and 1960s, leaving a legacy of inequality and urban impoverishment. Today, a new generation ...