roads

Traces the history of the Boston Post Road, which connected New York City and Boston and evolved into the nation's first major highway system, and describes the road's importance to the political, economic, and social development of the United States.

Examines the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 and the network of expressways built under the Eisenhower administration.

Examines the history of transportation around the world, from prehistoric times when there were not only no wheels but no shoes, to electric, hybrid cars, and the Global Positioning System.

Discusses how roads are built in the United States, presenting historical background and giving specific examples. Includes a list of important roads in North America.

Surveys the history of roads and how they have changed both the lives of humans and the face of the landscape over thousands of years.

Traces the building of roads in the eastern part of the United States from the time of the earliest colonists to the 1850s.

Photographs and text provide young readers with information about different types of road building machines and the work they perform.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of American roads, past and present.

During World War II, a little boy is sent to live with his grandma, a cook in a camp for workers building a road through the wilderness.

Examines how people have traveled across the United States on roads from Indian trails to interstate highways and describes the development of different means of transportation and their impact on American society.