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 ...

Just months before the United States entered the War of 1812, the federal government began construction on a 641.6 mile, ...

The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...

Praised as the biggest public works project in American history, the Interstate Highway System has been an essential link in connecting us to different communities and moving trillions of dollars ...

A consensus study mandated by US Congress to advice on the public policies and investments needed to restore and upgrade the Interstate Highway System to its role as a premier system that meets the ...

The development of the interstate highway system in the mid-20th century revolutionized American travel, transforming not just how people moved from place to place, but also reshaping the nation’s ...

America’s interstate system was born out of dreams of connection, and—for a brief moment—the belief that nuclear bombs might literally blast the nation’s highways into existence. Long before today’s ...

Highways 5 and 65 in Des Moines are slated to become part of the interstate system, pending federal approval and resolution of agricultural traffic concerns. The redesignation, potentially as ...

This map was apparently part of a major lobbying effort to secure funding from the Congress to complete the Interstate Highway System. Show more The highway system, adopted by Congress in 1956, was a ...

The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...

The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting ...