This page contains pages related the WISE course, History of the Interstate Highway System.

Presentations

The presentations are available via PowerPoint online.

• Class 1 
• Class 2
• Class 3
• Class 4
• Class 5

Supplementary Material

Unless otherwise noted, the following items are PDF files.

Worcester Telegram map and news regarding location of Worcester Expressway (later, I-290). Worcester Telegram, April 4, 1957, Final Edition:

• Page 1
• Page 16, with map

AAA Blue Book, Volume 2: map and guide book for New England. 938 page PDF. Caution, there goes your afternoon.

Additional Resources

US Department of Transportation:

• History of the Interstate Highway System
• The Year of The Interstate

Videos

• Horatio’s Drive – American’s First Road Trip, a PBS video by Ken Burns
• Building The Massachusetts Turnpike (1957) – a 43 minute narrated to describe the purpose and construction of the Mass Pike.
• PBS – Divided Highways

Bibliography

Note: the bibliography is updated often throughout the course.

https://www.bibcitation.com/s/lSbAldRgJV