"The Road Ahead, the Exciting Story of the Nation's 50 Billion Dollar Road Program," 1956
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This 1956 publication, produced by Caterpillar Tractor Company, promoted the proposed Interstate Highway System. Photographs show well laid out interchanges and uncongested highways. A central map displays the 41,000 miles of expressways intended for completion by 1971. Authorized through the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the project's scope grew and it wasn't finished until 1992.
This 1956 publication, produced by Caterpillar Tractor Company, promoted the proposed Interstate Highway System. Photographs show well laid out interchanges and uncongested highways. A central map displays the 41,000 miles of expressways intended for completion by 1971. Authorized through the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the project's scope grew and it wasn't finished until 1992.
Artifact
Publication (Document)
Date Made
1956
Subject Date
1956
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
87.135.1396
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.375 in
Inscriptions
Text on inside back cover: This booklet was produced as a public service by Caterpillar Tractor / Co., Peoria, Illinois, in the belief that the most important ingredient in / any American public works project is the support of informed citizens. Text inside front cover pages: What the nation is building for you / Whose idea was the vast , new program? / Who is going to build the roads?
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