Eisenhower Monument

Heading to California, Maine, or Georgia? Maybe your cross-country travel plans include all three locations. Travelers need to only consult a map and hit the road - without much thought to how the current interstate system was developed or who brought the idea to reality.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, enacted the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956 inspired by participation in a 62-day transcontinental motor convoy and by viewing the German autobahn during World War II.

A tribute to the visionary President and to the interstate system is located adjacent to the first completed section of the entire interstate network in Tifton, Georgia. To view the memorial, visit the Tifton Welcome Center, I-75 Exit 63B.