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    The Interstate highway system has improved the mobility of our military forces to and from airports, railroad terminals, seaports and other military installations. The system also serves as an evacuation route during natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. Without these large roadway with multiple lanes, a quick and safe evacuation would be nearly impossible. From coast to coast and from our northern border to the southern border this is our life line as a

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    in the United States has been the Interstate Highway System. The American life has formed the societies’ norms, values, and beliefs around the use of the Interstate Highway System since it was first built in 1956. The Interstate Highway System has provided Americans a method to travel from one destination to another, which has lead to a much simpler life. (Hall, J., & Hall, L.). While traveling in earlier years, Eisenhower ran into many delays on the road system, which made an miserable experience

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    the US in a dynamic fashion. The Interstate highway was the most effective plan that was spawned as it could be easily repaired in the event of the nuclear attack, and it would regionally connect the entire nation. Although the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 was a costly federal spending program burdened with exorbitant maintenance costs,the construction of the Interstate Highway system proved to advance the nation economically with the facilitation of interstate transportation of goods allowing

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    The Interstate Highway System has gotten better over the past years but it’s the little things that can be a big problem in the end. In the past, the highway system was worse than it is today. Back then there weren’t a big amount of highways; most of the roads were dirt roads and that was a HUGE problem. Due to there not being many roads I’m sure that caused traffic to be a big problem. I’m sure it wasn’t safe to drive on those dirt roads if the weather was bad such as it being windy or it raining

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    The Interstate Highway System Construction of the Interstate Highway system began in the 1950’s. At this time the unemployment rates in America were still high from the Great Depression, but automobiles were becoming more popular and Americans started to move to the suburbs. The highways were built to make travel easier and more affordable for the average American. The military would also benefit from from highways by being able to travel quickly across the country in an emergency. Roads before

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    Being a child in a military family, I’ve seen a lot of highways and interstates, whether they’re well-maintained or extremely hectic. These roads are what connect the entire country and make travel easier. The history of our interstate-highway systems involved many bumps in the road, but the United States greatly benefitted from the building of these systems. Some challenges and benefits faced by the government when creating the highway system were the need for safer roads, funding for construction

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    A decent example of funded public good is the public highway and road system. Roads are supported by Federal Government funds, compensated by taxes. An excessive free highway system is vital for a current economy because stress-free expedient transportation is crucial to the movement of goods from suppliers to consumers and for individuals to go back and forth to work, go on a vacation, visit friends and family, or just for recreational purposes (Behboodi, 2009).The capability to transport raw resources

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    The Interstate Highway System has it’s pros and cons. People use the highway system for many things such as going to school, work, and or vacation. Some pros are that it makes it easier to get places, it’s used for transportation for our goods, etc. Some of the cons is that it can be traffic because of things like the population. Many people use the highway for things because it is a faster way and because of so many people use the highway they are expanding it to be bigger. The speed limit has

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    Best Highway Of America

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    Loud, crowded, and boring is what I would call an interstate, would you personally enjoy driving on an interstate or a highway? Well most people take the interstate because it's much faster, but where is the fun in that? To me, an interstate are not faster but they are much more enjoyable. Also, the author of the article "The Best Highway of America is on the Blue Highways" states his opinion on how route 66 represents America and his evidence is quite effective. The author stated how on

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    great general, could also achieve victory through political talks and signing of the armistice. Moving on from ending a war, president Eisenhower laid the foundation and executed completion of the vast Interstate System we still use to this day. The end result of being the world’s largest Interstate System. Looking into a program that had little traction since taking office, president Eisenhower

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