Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Urban Freeways and America's Changing Cities -- 2 The 1930s: Forays into the Urban Realm -- 3 Urban Freeways and National Policy, 1939-1945 -- 4 Postwar Urban Freeways: Scaling Up for a City on Wheels, 1946-1956 -- 5 Changing Visions and Regulations for Highway Planning -- 6 Urban Freeway Tales: Three Cities among Dozens -- 7 Conclusion and Epilogue: Urban Highways and the American City -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series.