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Origins and Construction of the Interstate System by W. Lee Mertz
W. Lee Mertz Biography
Origins of the Interstate
explores the critical years in the conceptualization of the Interstate System culminating in the 1956 Highway Act
Building the Interstate
issues that affected the early years of construction
The Bragdon Committee
an interesting footnote to the Eisenhower years
Memories of 499
Recollections from Mertz's work at the Regional Highway Planning Committee on 499 Pennsylvania Avenue
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