Ike and his Legacy: The Interstate Highway System By meddi12 Nov 5, 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 <a href='http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov' >Presid Jun 29, 1956 National Interstate and Defense Highways Act was signed by EIsenhower in 1956 http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=88 Aug 5, 1956 The first project to go to constuction with the Interstate funds was Missouri http://www.modot.org/interstate/ Jan 27, 1959 Highway Revolt begins http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/01/what-would-san-francisco-have-looked-like-without-the-freeway-revolt/ Feb 6, 2015 10,000 miles of highway were completed and opened by 1960 http://www.publicpurpose.com/freeway1.htm Feb 6, 2015 42,700 miles of the Interstate is opened up to us now http://www.publicpurpose.com/freeway1.htm
