Praised as the biggest public works project in American history, the Interstate Highway System has been ... A young Lieutenant Colonel named Dwight D. Eisenhower would experience firsthand the ...

The interstate ... Eisenhower's experience would later influence his push for the highway system when he would become president. Paving the way In 1944, President Franklin D.

The interstate ... Dwight D. Eisenhower. He learned firsthand of the struggle to travel far distances on these roads. This experience would later influence his policy as president. In 1944, Congress ...