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Eisenhower ordered the Interstate Highway System built for the sole purpose of evacuating cities in a nuclear war.

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REFUTED
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Is it true that Eisenhower ordered the Interstate Highway System built for the sole purpose of evacuating cities in a nuclear war?

No. Multiple reference and scholarly sources describe the Interstate Highway System's purposes as connecting cities, aiding travel and commerce, and serving national defense, and one Wikipedia article explicitly notes the nuclear-evacuation story is a common belief rather than the actual reason. No source supports the claim that nuclear evacuation was the sole purpose.

Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 8 against · Last checked

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Interstate Highway System - Wikipedia
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Interstate Highway System - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System

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Interstate Highway
1982
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Interstate Highway. (1982). digitalcollections.ppld.org. https://digitalcollections.ppld.org/nodes/view/667543

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: The Road to Success?
2010
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Elisheva, B. (2010). The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: The Road to Success?. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ933478

Ike's Interstates at 50 | National Archives
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Ike's Interstates at 50 | National Archives. (n.d.). archives.gov. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/interstates.html

Transportation Deployment Casebook/Interstate Highway System
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Transportation Deployment Casebook/Interstate Highway System. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transportation_Deployment_Casebook/Interstate_Highway_System

Eisenhower signs National System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act on June 29, 1956.
1956
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Eisenhower signs National System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act on June 29, 1956.. (1956). historylink.org. https://historylink.org/File/4030

Transportation Deployment Casebook/The Life Cycle of the Interstate Highway System
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Transportation Deployment Casebook/The Life Cycle of the Interstate Highway System. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transportation_Deployment_Casebook/The_Life_Cycle_of_the_Interstate_Highway_System

The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System
2006
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Michaels, G. (2006). The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.903393

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