It wasn't just individual or commercial mobility, but also internal lines of communication for national defense, that motivated the Eisenhower interstate highwa

It wasn't just individual or commercial mobility, but also internal lines of communication for national defense, that motivated the Eisenhower interstate highway system. The official name of the interstate system is the "Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways." By that measure, what's important is whether you can get an APC from Pennsylvania to D.C. quickly, not whether you can get to your office in a timely fashion. Edit: presidential spelling