http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:12:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-148611 Desolation Boulevard, Lordsburg, New Mexico « Sunburn Highways Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:26 +0000 #comment-148611 [...] months, protesting the Highway Department’s condemnation of her ranch land, and in effect, Eisenhower’s juggernaut. The standoff came to end in November 1973, as the Hidalgo County Sheriff led the 71-year-old widow [...] [...] months, protesting the Highway Department's condemnation of her ranch land, and in effect, Eisenhower's juggernaut. The standoff came to end in November 1973, as the Hidalgo County Sheriff led the 71-year-old widow [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-143034 World War I troop train | Photos from the Vault Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:16:29 +0000 #comment-143034 [...] west. The roads were so poor during the 1919 Transcontinental Convoy a youthful lieutenant colonel, Dwight D. Eisenhower took note. It took 62 days to move a convoy of 297 men and over 50 vehicles from Washinton D.C. to San [...] [...] west. The roads were so poor during the 1919 Transcontinental Convoy a youthful lieutenant colonel, Dwight D. Eisenhower took note. It took 62 days to move a convoy of 297 men and over 50 vehicles from Washinton D.C. to San [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-97989 Automobiles: To Have and to Hate « Laughing Musings Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:04:38 +0000 #comment-97989 [...] The purpose of your car is to get from one place to another with as much speed as is safely possible. On the face of it, a very reasonable goal, but it has one very insidious side-effect: Every place in between (and by extension, your car) becomes somewhere you don’t want to be. Not only is this simply a facet of the basic goal, but roads (especially highways) are also designed with little of the aesthetic in mind. And your car cuts you off from so many potentially pleasant, unexpected, challenging or meaningful experiences you might have had along the way. This prompted Charles Kurault to quip, “It is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.” [...] [...] The purpose of your car is to get from one place to another with as much speed as is safely possible. On the face of it, a very reasonable goal, but it has one very insidious side-effect: Every place in between (and by extension, your car) becomes somewhere you don't want to be. Not only is this simply a facet of the basic goal, but roads (especially highways) are also designed with little of the aesthetic in mind. And your car cuts you off from so many potentially pleasant, unexpected, challenging or meaningful experiences you might have had along the way. This prompted Charles Kurault to quip, "It is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything." [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-55227 Does Using the Interstate Highways Make Me a Socialist? « Alternation Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:29:57 +0000 #comment-55227 [...] some of my fellow faculty and students.  We enjoyed passing through parts of six states on the Eisenhower Interstate Highway system.  I was about five months old when the Republican president from Abilene signed the bill [...] [...] some of my fellow faculty and students.  We enjoyed passing through parts of six states on the Eisenhower Interstate Highway system.  I was about five months old when the Republican president from Abilene signed the bill [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11960 interstate design - Page 4 - Roaddog147.com Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:16:03 +0000 #comment-11960 [...] of interstates that can be used for landing aircraft, and that it was done in WW2 in Germany. President Dwight Eisenhower and America?s Interstate Highway System HistoryNet - From the World's La... sidetracked and hangman, read the posts and stop just arbitrarily trying to prove people wrong. [...] [...] of interstates that can be used for landing aircraft, and that it was done in WW2 in Germany. President Dwight Eisenhower and America?s Interstate Highway System HistoryNet – From the World's La… sidetracked and hangman, read the posts and stop just arbitrarily trying to prove people wrong. [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-11907 interstate design - Page 2 - Roaddog147.com Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:06:26 +0000 #comment-11907 [...] of interstates that can be used for landing aircraft, and that it was done in WW2 in Germany. President Dwight Eisenhower and America’s Interstate Highway System HistoryNet - From the Worl... __________________ A man who loves his job never works a day in his life. I send you love and [...] [...] of interstates that can be used for landing aircraft, and that it was done in WW2 in Germany. President Dwight Eisenhower and America's Interstate Highway System HistoryNet – From the Worl… __________________ A man who loves his job never works a day in his life. I send you love and [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/president-dwight-eisenhower-and-americas-interstate-highway-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6990 Josie Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:44:03 +0000 #comment-6990 Wasnt richard nixon the vise president while he was the president Wasnt richard nixon the vise president while he was the president

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