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Modern Marvels | Interstate Highway System

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Plans for an interstate highway had been around since the Depression but finally came to fruition under President Eisenhower, who had seen the value of good roads as he led troops through Germany during WWII. This undertaking – the largest engineering project in human history – would also accelerate an exodus to suburbia.

10 that Changed America is made possible, in part, by The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation. Major funding is also provided by Joan and Robert Clifford, The Walter E. Heller Foundation, and other generous supporters.
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Waterway that linked the Atlantic Ocean with the fertile farmland of America's interior.
Waterway that linked the Atlantic Ocean with the fertile farmland of America's interior.
Chicago's greatest engineering feat was saving itself from it's own sewage.
Chicago's greatest engineering feat was saving itself from it's own sewage.
John Roebling first revealed his bridge building secrets in Cincinnati.
John Roebling first revealed his bridge building secrets in Cincinnati.
The railroad that shrank the time it took to cross the nation from six months to one week.
The railroad that shrank the time it took to cross the nation from six months to one week.
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