{"id":503,"date":"2017-11-07T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysfifties\/?p=503"},"modified":"2017-12-13T21:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T21:28:40","slug":"interstate-highway-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysfifties\/interstate-highway-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Interstate Highway System"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kelsea Blair<\/p>\n

The Dwight Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways is made up of more than 46,000 miles of intercity highways. Construction for the system was approved in 1956 by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Eisenhower believed this system of highways would eliminate traffic jams, unsafe roads, inefficient routes and also would provide a quick route of evacuation in case of an atomic attack on any major cities. <\/p>\n

Eisenhower was inspired for the idea of the interstate highways when he was stationed in Germany during World War II. He was impressed with the \u201cReichsautobahnen\u201d. Eisenhower\u2019s Federal Aid Highway Act provided 26 billion dollars to pay for the highways to be built. The money came from the new gas tax, where gas was now 3 cents a gallon instead of 2. <\/p>\n

Most people supported the Interstate Highway Act but some people did not like it at all. The main reasons people did not like it was because it was causing damage to some cities, displacing families from their homes and splitting up communities. In 1959 in San Francisco the Board of Supervisors stopped the construction of the Embarcadero Freeway. Following this first victory, activists in New York City, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and New Orleans fought back too. Because of this many urban interstate highways end very abruptly, so they are referred to as the \u201croads to nowhere\u201d. <\/p>\n

The Interstate Highway System was and still is a very crucial part of the American economy. It increased the desire and need for more gas stations, shopping malls, and fast food places right near the highways for easy access. The Interstate Highway System is highly responsible for the large amount of fast food restaurants in the United States. At almost every off ramp on the highway there are at least 2 or 3 fast food options to choose from. You can also read or hear more about the other consequences the Interstate Highway System has here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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This is a map of the Interstate Highway System<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The Interstate Highway System has benefited the United States since its beginning. It has provided job opportunities for many people, makes traveling much easier for people, allows goods to be delivered faster, more businesses to open up, and more tourism for bigger cities. It is a way for the country to \u201cconnect as one\u201d. <\/p>\n

Work Cited: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Burke, Adam. \u201cA Road System’s Unintended Consequences.\u201d NPR, NPR, 27 June 2006, www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=5515361<\/a>.<\/p>\n

History.com Staff. \u201cThe Interstate Highway System.\u201d History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2010, www.history.com\/topics\/interstate-highway-system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Matthews, Robert. “Interstate Highway System.” Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed., vol. 4, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003, pp. 403-405. U.S. History in Context, libraries.state.ma.us\/login?gwurl=http:\/\/link.galegroup.com\/apps\/doc\/CX3401802126\/UHIC?u=mlin_c_worstate&xid=cf2a6ccd<\/a>. Accessed 6 Nov. 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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