Resources

• KDOT Project Information Portal
  


• Official Kansas State Travel Maps



• State Traffic Count Maps



• National Highway System in Kansas Map



• Focus 435 (I-435 Reconstruction)

• Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways(Federal Highway Administration)
  


• The Interstate is 50(American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)
  


• Public Roads Online, Summer 1996 (Federal Highway Administration: A series of articles on the history and impact of the Interstate Highway System)
  


• Kansas Turnpike Web Site
  


• President Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
  

Books
Here is just a sampling of the many books available about America’s Interstates and other highways.

• Divided Highways - Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life. by Tom Lewis, Penguin Books, 1997.
  


• American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age, by Pete Davies, Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2002. The Story of Eisenhower’s 1919 Journey Across America.
  


• The Roads that Built America - The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System, by Dan McNichol, Barnes and Noble Books, 2003. Good historical overview with lots of photos.
  


• Crossing America: National Geographic's Guide to the Interstates, National Geographic Society.
  


• Driving Across Kansas: A Guide to I-70, by Ted Cable and Wayne A. Maley.
  


• You Can Get There from Here: How the Interstate Highways Transformed America, by Martin D. Hanlon. St. Martin's Press, August 2002.