Highways were “as necessary to defense as they are to our national economy and personal safety,” President Dwight D.

A myth regarding America’s highways has reemerged on social media. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highway System – now known as the U.S. Interstate Highway System – ...

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 ...

Stretching over 46,876 miles, the United States Interstate Highway System connects nearly every corner of the nation, but behind the asphalt and interchanges lies a web of ambitions, controversies, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bill Carey is the founder and executive director of Tennessee History for Kids. I suspect that most of us don’t think much about what life would have been like without the Interstate Highway System.