How long did it take the US to build the Interstate Highway System?

For a long time, the U.S. Interstate Highway System was the longest in the world at over 46,000 miles, but its construction ...

How the interstate highway system reshaped America

The US interstate system transformed travel and commerce but also left a complex legacy of divided communities.
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The Interstate Highway System soon turns 70: How it transformed America and the urgent need to modernize

Praised as one of the greatest public works project in American history, the Interstate Highway System is about to turn 70. Love them or hate them. The interstate highways are the arteries of our ...
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Sender ’25: Our highway system has failed. We shouldn’t wait to try something new

In 1991, the Federal Highway Administration revealed that the total cost of the Interstate Highway System was a whopping $128.9 billion, or about half a trillion dollars in 2016’s money. In 2019, ...
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A Modern Electric Grid: The New Highway System?

In his 1955 annual message to Congress on the state of the union, Eisenhower said: "A modern highway system is essential to meet the needs of our growing population, our expanding economy, and our ...