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Swift, Earl, 1958-
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Highway engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Highway engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Interstate Highway System -- History -- 20th century.
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Swift, Earl, 1958-
Highway engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Highway engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Interstate Highway System -- History -- 20th century.
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The big roads : the untold story of the engineers, visionaries, and trailblazers who created the American superhighways / Earl Swift.
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Swift, Earl, 1958-
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.
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.122
S977b
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Highway engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Highway engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Interstate Highway System -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780618812417 (hardback)
0618812415 (hardback)
Description:
375 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Out of the mud -- Connecting the dots -- The crooked straight, the rough places plain -- The human obstacle.
Summary:
A history of the planning, construction, and impact of the U.S. interstate highway system.
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