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Surprising facts about how America’s interstate highway system began

The story of America’s interstates is usually told as a straightforward tale of postwar progress, but the real origins are stranger and more contested than the green signs suggest. The Dwight D.
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In Austin, the Interregional Highway paved the way for Interstate 35

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29 of that year, funded the Interstate Highway System. Joining this transcontinental system, the Interregional ...
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U.S. Interstate Highways Need Overhaul; System Requires Significant Commitment for Federal and State Coordination and Funding, Says New Report

WASHINGTON – The future of the U.S. Interstate Highway System is threatened by a persistent and growing backlog of structural and operational deficiencies and by various looming challenges, such as ...