Its construction required erecting fifty-five thousand bridges, but it is credited with saving three trillion dollars in fuel costs.
Richard Nixon convinced state governors to support it at the Bolton Landing conference, while the long-debated question of its financing was solve by the Clay Committee's proposal for a revolving tax-into-bond system. The idea was laid in the 1954 State of the Union address, inspired by the President's experiences in Germany. Its construction required erecting fifty-five thousand bridges, but it is credited with saving three trillion dollars in fuel costs. For 10 points, name this forty thousand mile long network of controlled-access roads which bear odd numbers when running north and south.
Richard Nixon convinced state governors to support it at the Bolton Landing conference, while the long-debated question of its financing was solve by the Clay Committee's proposal for a revolving tax-into-bond system.
Dwight D. Eisenhower System of {Interstate} and Defense {Highways}