America's First Superhighway
Friday, July 06, 2007
New Jersey's Pulaski Skyway was the country's first superhighway, designed to connect the hub of New York City to the rest of the USA. The construction project was very contentious, and resulted in a very flawed highway. The Skyway hasn't changed much since it first opened in 1932. Steven Hart's new book is The Last Three Miles: Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway.
Event: Steven Hart will be reading and signing books
Saturday, August 11 at 2 pm
Barnes & Noble
3981 US Highway 9
Freehold, New Jersey
The Last Three Miles is available for purchase at amazon.com
Event: Steven Hart will be reading and signing books
Saturday, August 11 at 2 pm
Barnes & Noble
3981 US Highway 9
Freehold, New Jersey
Guests:
Steven Hart
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Comments [3]
Well written and highly readable. I enjoyed it and look forward to reading other books written by Steven Hart. Soon I hope.
There was a great feature in Weird New Jersey a few years ago about two guys who walked across the Skyway--The article was part history, part travelogue, part Jack Ass (I mean that in the good way).
Worth getting.
FYI--the Powerticians by Tommy Smith is an excellent history of Jersey City politics.
The skyway leads to the infamous covered roadway and the Holland tunnnel approach and some of the most brain rattling potholes in the world. Hopefully, the roadwaork now undrway will preserve my teeth and shock absorbers.
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