02682nam 2200625 a 450 991046139820332120200520144314.01-283-22468-297866132246821-61149-021-9(CKB)2670000000107865(EBL)744851(OCoLC)745866992(SSID)ssj0001147519(PQKBManifestationID)12447709(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001147519(PQKBWorkID)11141110(PQKB)11246245(MiAaPQ)EBC744851(Au-PeEL)EBL744851(CaPaEBR)ebr10492796(CaONFJC)MIL322468(EXLCZ)99267000000010786520110303d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe National Road and the difficult path to sustainable national investment[electronic resource] /Theodore SkyNewark University of Delaware Pressc20111 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61149-489-3 1-61149-020-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The great debates about the national road -- pt. 2. The national road in its prime -- pt. 3. The decline and revival of the road, its roles as a precursor of the interstate system, and its place as a national system -- pt. 4. Twenty-first-century legacy.The National Road is a comprehensive history of the first federally financed interstate highway, an approximately 600-mile span that joined Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois in the nineteenth century. This book covers the road's contribution to the cultural, economic, and administrative history of the United States, its decline during the second half of the nineteenth century, and its revival in the twentieth century in the form of U.S. Route 40.</National Highway SystemTransportation and stateUnited StatesHistoryPublic investmentsUnited StatesCumberland RoadElectronic books.National Highway System.Transportation and stateHistory.Public investments388.1/220973Sky Theodore1933-966970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461398203321The National Road and the difficult path to sustainable national investment2195137UNINA