Title: Interstate 5 is completed in Washington on May 14, 1969. - HistoryLink.org
Headings: Interstate 5 is completed in Washington on May 14, 1969.
Interstate 5 is completed in Washington on May 14, 1969.
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Content: The anti-highway people in the Seattle area are enjoying the freeways we have built but at the same time are complaining we shouldn’t build any more” ( Seattle P-I) . Sources: HistoryLink.org, The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History, “Eisenhower signs National System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act on June 29, 1956” (by Paula Becker), "Interstate 5 is completed from Everett to Seattle on February 3, 1965” (by Phil Dougherty), “Interstate 5 is completed from Everett to Tacoma on January 31, 1967” (by David Wilma), http://www.historylink.org (accessed March 20, 2010); Washington State Department of Transportation, “Highway Map: 50th Anniversary of the Interstate,” website accessed March 23, 2008 (http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/highwaymap); “ CPI Inflation Calculator,” Bureau of Labor Statistics website accessed March 24, 2010 (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl); “ Freeway Link To Open,” Everett Herald, May 13, 1969, p. 1-A; Tom Mansfield, “I-5 Opened Today,” Ibid., May 14, 1969, p. 1-A; “ Freeway Ribbon Snipped,” Ibid.,