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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Wilmington Before Interstate 95

Wilmington Before Interstate 95

Francis, William

Paperback

Series: Images of America

AutomobilesGeneral PhotographyRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1467163295
ISBN13: 9781467163293
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: May 19 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.53 Depth: 9.24
Language: English

Readers who want a distinct and compelling look at the nation's first state prior to the building of Interstate 95 will enjoy the insight provided into Wilmington.

Interstate 95 was constructed as part of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, signed into law by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower. Francis Frank Victor du Pont (1894-1962), son of T. Coleman du Pont, who gave Delaware the DuPont Highway, was the US commissioner of the Bureau of Public Roads from 1953 to 1955. Frank du Pont was a key figure in promoting a national highway and for championing the need for this new interstate system to access city centers. This Center City requirement came into play when a lame duck Wilmington City Council on June 21, 1957, approved placing the interstate between Adams and Jackson Streets, essentially cleaving the city and ignoring various protest groups who favored a route east of the city.

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