Interstate highways forever changed the relationship between the city of Cleveland and her surrounding suburbs. This exhibit demonstrates the evolution of highway construction and how it changed the landscape of Cleveland.
Sections
This section introduces the general themes of the exhibit and discusses on a broad level how interstate highway construction forever altered the city of Cleveland.
This sections discusses how Ford's creation of the Model-T facilitated the need for interstate highway construction.
This section discusses how World War II altered the city's demographics as servicemen left for war and Southerners immgrated to the city for jobs.
This section illustrates how the enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 spurred highway development in the city of Cleveland.
This section discuesses how the rise of suburban shopping centers discouraged suburban dwellers from patronizing Downtown Cleveland businesses.
This section discusses the social cost of highways on the city of Cleveland and the surrounding subrubs.
This section demonstrates how urban highway planning was conducted and executed differently from suburban highway planning.
This section discusses our dependency on highways and the future of highway planning and construction.