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It was 50 years ago this month that President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law creating the Interstate Highway System. It changed the landscape of the nation, our sense of mobility, and our relationship with the road. Living on Earth takes us on a trip d
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Interstate System, and Living on Earth takes a ride in a 1951 Hudson along I-95 in Boston. Our chauffeur: Dan McNichol, author of “The Roads that Built America: The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System.” Along the way we meet a livery driver who remembers the days before the Interstate, and a trucker who makes a pit-stop on his regular cross-country run.