Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:10:05:00
Project and think, of course we needed the interstate highways. we needed it for commerce if nothing else, right? but dwight eisenhower had to go out and make that case. and it took him a long time. it was a hard case to make but finally in 1956 he was able to sign into law the federal aid highway act and that led to the creation of the interstates. interstates that changed the face of america forever. it was sort of a grand vision that eisenhower had in mind when he signed that bill. in order to create the grand vision to interlinked interstate highways it meant building big new roads that di...