Meet the American who paved the way for the interstate, Gen. Lucius Clay, master planner, hero of two nations
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Gen. Lucius D. Clay was called by President Dwight Eisenhower to create a plan to build the Interstate Highway System, after a career of grand logistics achievements.
But the commander-in-chief had a secret weapon when it came time to make the rubber meet the road. "Lucius Clay represents a fiery type of fellow that you see in old-fashioned movies." - Robert A. Lovett "Forced into tough financial straits by the death of his father, Clay managed to escape the alcoholism that claimed his five older siblings." "Germany had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land." — Dwight Eisenhower The first shovels to build the interstate hit the dirt near St. Louis, Missouri on August 13, 1956. "General Clay could run anything. General Motors or General Eisenhower's Army." — attributed to James Byrnes Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
His name was Lucius D. Clay.