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From William Mullen's "Road Warriors" in Sunday, The Chicago Tribune Magazine (October 20, 1985):
In 1964, the Chicago City Council, whether or not it knew of Eisenhower's unhappiness about freeways in urban areas, decided to bestow a rather ironic honor...
The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel in Colorado was originally going to be called the Straight Creek Tunnel, the name stemming from the valley where the west portal is located. However, in September 1969, Governor John Love proposed to rename it after former President Dwight E. Eisenhower, who had...
In the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973, Congress named a transcontinental highway after President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Because Congress wanted to commemorate the route of the U.S. Army's 1919 convoy, the Eisenhower Highway doesn't follow a single highway. Instead, it follows the following...
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Meeting in the President's Office - Interim Report on the Interstate Highway Program - April 6, 1960, 10:35 AM.
| Present: | Mr. Frederick H. Mueller, Secretary of Commerce Mr. Bertram Tallamy,... |
President Eisenhower's internal review, launched in 1959, of the Interstate Highway Program raised concerns and generated rumors within the highway community. The February-March 1960 issue of Highway Highlights magazine, contained the following interview with General John S....
Although the primary justification for the Interstate System involved civilian benefits, its value for defense purposes was another important factor. A particular concern was the need to evacuate cities if an atomic bomb were on the way.
In the 1950's, the issue of evacuation was not in...
When Sinclair Weeks was chosen to be Secretary of Commerce, he may not have had strong or even clear views on the future of transportation.
His father, John W. Weeks, served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1905-1913) and the United States Senate (1913-1919). He also served as...
Tuesday, January 18, 1955
I shall discuss the proposed new road plan at length in the Senate when the President submits it to Congress January 27. In this statement I am commenting briefly on the recommendations to the President by the National Advisory Committee for a...
by Richard F. Weingroff
On March 25, 1955, Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks released the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) report on Needs of the Highway Systems, 1955-1984, as requested by Section 13 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954. The report covered all highway needs, but its estimate of the...