Streets | Lincoln Highway
About the Episode
This cross-country road, which began as a PR stunt dreamed up by car salesman Max Fisher, laid the groundwork for America's love affair with the road trip.
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| Expires: | Runtime: 6m 02s
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Extras
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Web Extra: The Fight to Remember Black Wall Street
Reconciliation Park is an effort to remember and learn from the devastation in Tulsa, OK.4:06 -
Web Extra: Artifacts of the Boston Post Road
Many historic remnants can still be found along today's Boston Post Road.3:33 -
Web Extra: How A Highway Paved the Way to Opportunities
The Lincoln Highway gave women and people of color unprecedented freedom to travel.3:17 -
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Modern Marvels | Reversal of the Chicago River
Chicago's greatest engineering feat was saving itself from it's own sewage.5:18 -
Modern Marvels | Transcontinental Railroad
The railroad that shrank the time it took to cross the nation from six months to one week.5:20 -
Modern Marvels | Eads Bridge
James Eads created the first steel bridge, ushering in a new steel age for building.5:35 -
Modern Marvels | Erie Canal Albany, NY to Buffalo, NY
Waterway that linked the Atlantic Ocean with the fertile farmland of America's interior.5:30 -
Modern Marvels | John A. Roebling Bridge
John Roebling first revealed his bridge building secrets in Cincinnati.4:54 -
Modern Marvels | Colorado River Aqueduct
Provides much of the drinking water for southern California.5:05
