Why Did Eisenhower Build the Interstate Highway System?

The Federal Highway Act of 1956 traces back to a brutal 1919 army convoy that nearly broke Dwight Eisenhower. As a young officer, he slogged across the country on roads that barely existed, dealing with broken axles and muddy quagmires that slowed everything to a crawl. He never forgot that trip, and decades later, as president, he did something about it.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy