Interstate 89 and US-2 near Bolton Gorge, Waterbury

Title

Interstate 89 and US-2 near Bolton Gorge, Waterbury

Subject

Interstates Vermont Environmental History

Description

The first section of interstate highway reached southern Vermont in 1958. By the early sixties, this first section of I-89 had been built between Montpelier and Burlington. Vermont communities, previously isolated, were now within a day's drive of tens of millions of urban east coast residents.

Creator

D. Wiedenmayer

Publisher

Vermont Life

Date

Summer 1964

Files

I89.jpg

Citation

D. Wiedenmayer, “Interstate 89 and US-2 near Bolton Gorge, Waterbury,” Fifty Years of Green: An Environmental History of Middlebury College since 1965, accessed December 2, 2024, https://goldenorb.middlebury.edu/fyg/items/show/187.