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Bulloch History with Roger Allen - I-16 becomes part of national highway system
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Roger Allen - photo by Special
(Note: The following is part of a series of articles looking at the growth of roads and transportation in Georgia and Bulloch County beginning in 1807.) When Dwight D. Eisenhower became president of the United States, he set about building an American version of the German Autobahn. He appointed two special committees to look into the many different facets of highway building. One, the “Interagency Committee,” was composed of members of the Departments of Defense, Commerce and Treasury.
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