Background
In an earlier FreightWaves Classics article, information about the U.S. Army’s First Transcontinental Motor Convoy was provided, and then-U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s participation was highlighted.
Decades later, the U.S. Interstate Highway System would be named the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways because of his advocacy for the...