Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
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Tom Lewis., & Tom Lewis|AUTHOR. (2013). Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life . Cornell University Press.

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Tom Lewis and Tom Lewis|AUTHOR. Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life Cornell University Press, 2013.

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Originally published in 1997, this book is an engaging history of the people and policies that profoundly transformed the American landscape-and the daily lives of Americans. In this updated edition of Divided Highways, Lewis brings his story of the Interstate system up to date, concluding with Boston's troubled and yet triumphant Big Dig project, the growing antipathy for big federal infrastructure projects, and the uncertain economics of highway projects both present and future.
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