Road to Segregation: The Impact of I-81 on Syracuse’s 15th Ward
When Congress approved the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956, it authorized what was the largest public works program in U.S. history. It was used to build 41,000 miles of highways that connected 42 capital cities, as well as ninety percent of US cities with populations greater than 50,000 (Knight 2007). It sought to enhance travel […]