Sentences with phrase «american interstate highway system»

To service that sprawl and to move people quickly in time of war, you need highways; that is why the bill that created the American interstate highway system was actually called The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 - they are exactly that, defense highways, designed to get people outta town in a hurry.

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We had to have an interstate highway system,» Dockery said, adding that President Dwight D. Eisenhower faced a heavy lift in selling the idea to Congress and the American people.