Dan McNichol on the U.S. Interstate System
Excerpt from KPR:
“Dan McNichol is the author of “The Roads That Built America: The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System,” (link is external) and he’ll be speaking tonight (THUR) at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City about how this marvel of engineering and civil planning was […]
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