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. 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}