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The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
Simon & Schuster
September 2010
On Sale: August 24, 2010
288 pages
ISBN: 1416542493
EAN: 9781416542490
Hardcover
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Interstate 69 is an enlightening journey through the heart
of America. With this epic tale of one vast and
controversial road project, Matt Dellinger brings to life
the country's complex political, social, and economic landscape. The 1,400-mile extension of I-69 south from Indianapolis, if
completed, will connect Canada to Mexico through Michigan,
Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana, and Texas. This so-called NAFTA highway has been
in development for two decades, and while segments are under
construction today, others may never be built. Eagerly
anticipated by many as an economic godsend, I-69 has also
been opposed by environmentalists, farmers, ranchers,
anarchists, and others who question both the wisdom of
building more highways and the merits of globalization. Part history, part travelogue, Interstate 69 reveals the
surprising story of how this extraordinary undertaking
began, introduces us to the array of individuals who have
worked tirelessly for years to build the road--or to stop
it--and guides us through the many places the highway would
transform forever: from sprawling cities like Indianapolis,
Houston, and Memphis to the small rural towns of the
Midwestern rust belt, the Mississippi Delta, and south Texas. This book vividly illustrates that the story of America is
indeed the story of transportation--and that story
continues. In an era when bridges fall, levies fail, and
states lease their toll roads to foreign-owned corporations,
Americans are realizing the central importance of
infrastructure, how it affects our standard of living and
quality of life and how it determines which places prosper
and which places fade. Matt Dellinger connects these dots with an absorbingly
human, on-the-ground examination of our country's struggle
with development. Interstate 69 captures the hopes, dreams,
and fears surrounding what we build and what we leave behind.
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