1. As the interstate system moves along in its middle age, state transportation agencies try to make the repairs outside major travel hours. 2. As resurfacing and widening of the middle-aged Interstate system continues, long-distance drivers who have been barreling along may find themselves trapped in a maze of overheating cars. 3. He sat through long stretches of discussion over the bill, co-sponsored by his father, that created the Interstate system of highways. 4. In a three-day package of stories, graphics and photos, The Hearst Newspapers examine the mindboggling impact the interstate system has had on American society. 5. Like every big city, Atlanta is a major drug market, but most of the drugs on its bypass highways keep moving up the interstate system. 6. That pushed the cycle of inner-city decline and suburban growth that changed the landscapes of cities across the country -- an unintended consequence of the interstate system. 7. The post-war interstate system, though in itself offering excellent adventure possibilities and vistas equal to anything in the Southwest, should have been suspect from the beginning. 8. Truckers also specifically mentioned New York City, Detroit and Chicago as having the worst roads on the interstate system. 9. Turner then took charge of constructing the interstate system. 10. Francis Turner, a one-time federal highway administrator who advised President Eisenhower on the national interstate system and was considered its chief architect, has died. |