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Detroit pushes expressway system through congested urban area
Ford's new army bomber plant required additional expressways so that 50,000 workers could commute; expressways are depressed 18 ft below abutting streets; they consist of two 36-ft roadways separated by 14-ft curbed median, and 10-ft shoulders; federal funds covered one half, city and county one quarter of costs each.
Detroit pushes expressway system through congested urban area
Ford's new army bomber plant required additional expressways so that 50,000 workers could commute; expressways are depressed 18 ft below abutting streets; they consist of two 36-ft roadways separated by 14-ft curbed median, and 10-ft shoulders; federal funds covered one half, city and county one quarter of costs each.
Detroit pushes expressway system through congested urban area
Civ Eng (NY)
Coons, H.C. (author)
1954
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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