The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (commonly known as the Interstate Highway System or simply the Interstate) is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. The system is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation. Construction was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, and the original portion was completed 35 years later, although some urban routes w
Last Christmas some 85.8 million people were expected to drive more than fifty miles from their homes. With gas prices falling and the weather across much of the U.S. tolerable, we can only expect …
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The 2007 bridge collapse in Minneapolis-St. Paul quickly became symbolic of the debilitated interstate highway system—and of what many critics see as America’s disinvestment in its infrastructure. The extreme vulnerability of single-purpose, aging infrastructure was highlighted once again when Hurricane Sandy churned its way across the northeast United States. Inundating New York City’s vital arteries, floodwaters overwhelmed tunnels and sewers; closed bridges; shut down the electrical substations that control mass transit; curtailed gas supplies; and destroyed streets, buildings, and whole neighborhoods. For days and on into weeks, failures triggered by floodwaters deprived millions of electricity, heat, and water services. How can our complex, interdependent utilities support an urbanizing world, subject to carbon constraints and the impacts of climate change? How might these critical networks be made more efficient, less environmentally damaging, and more resilient? Such questions are at the heart of the approaches and initiatives explored in Next Generation Infrastructure. With a better understanding of the possible connections between different services, not only can inadvertent disruptions be reduced, but crosscutting benefits and lower costs will be possible. Next Generation Infrastructure highlights hopeful examples from around the world, ranging from the Mount Poso cogeneration plant in California to urban rainwater harvesting in Seoul, South Korea, to the multi-purpose Marina Barrage project in Singapore. Five bold organizing objectives are proposed that, in the hands of decision-makers and designers, will help bring about a future of multipurpose, low-carbon, resilient infrastructure that is tightly coordinated with natural and social systems. In their conception and design, the innovative projects highlighted in Next Generation Infrastructure encourage us to envision infrastructure within a larger economic, environmental, and social context, and to share resources across systems, reducing costs and extending benefits. Through this systems approach to lifeline services, we can begin to move toward a more resilient future. DETAILS: By Hillary Brown Island Press, 2014 Paperback, 264 pages 7 x 0.7 x 10 inches
A US road map that displays major interstate highways, limited-access highways and principal roads in the United States including states and capital cities.
The Interstate Highway System is the most significant public works project in the history of the United States. All routes' total length is more than 48.4 thousand miles (~78 thousand kilometers).
From U.S. Routes and Interstates to state and county roads (each with different signage and numbering systems) highways in the United States can be daunting. But there is beauty within that complexity, particularly at the intersection of state, country and territory signs. The United States Numbered Highway System (also known as U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways)
PPS transportation director Gary Toth reflects on how we lost our way in traffic planning and what we can do to get back on track.
With an area of 9,833,516 km², the USA is the third-largest country in the world. The country is more than […]
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles during April that examine the construction of the Interstate Highway System over the past seven decades. The series, titled Justice an…
The rise of the automobile, the development of the interstate highway system, and the growth of the airline industry signaled the slow death of America's rail lines. But a handful of majestic stations from the golden age of train travel still stand as a testament to this bygone era. Scroll through for a peek at train stations throughout the United States that continue to captivate locals and tourists alike with their monumental spaces and architectural flourishes.
Interstate 10 is the southernmost of the major east-west highways in the United States, stretching for 2,460.34 miles through 8 states
The Interstate Highway System is the most significant public works project in the history of the United States. All routes' total length is more than 48.4 thousand miles (~78 thousand kilometers).
Australian designer Cameron Booth has created a simplified map of every interstate and U.S. highway in the United States. The map is a follow up to his
Interstate 95 travels from South Florida to Houlton, Maine, serving the northeast Megalopolis and taking travelers between the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
In 1956 President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act. The act provided for creating 41 thousand-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” that would reduce hazardous roads, ineffective routes, and traffic jams.
U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 is a major north–south United States highway that extends for over 1500 miles in the central United States. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways. Currently, the highway's northern terminus is in International Falls, Minnesota at the Canada–US border, at the southern end of the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge to Fort Frances, Ontario. U.S. Route 53 also ends here. On the other side of the bridge, Trans-Canada Highway is an east–west route while Highway 71 is a north–south route. US 71's southern terminus is between Port Barre and Krotz Springs, Louisiana at an intersection with U.S. Route 190.[1] For the entirety south of Kansas City, Missouri, US 71 runs parallel and concurrent with the existing and future Interstate 49. North of Kansas City, US 71 runs halfway between Interstate 29 and Interstate 35, which they split in the city at an interchange with Interstate 70.
Today's selection -- from The Long Haul by Finn Murphy. A trucker's tips for understanding the U.S. Interstate Highway system:
A few highlights along this 1700+ mile route...
Rich Evans Explains- I always knew there was a logic to it, but I never saw it explained so well until I stumbled upon this delightfully informative short video on how the US interstates are number…
Map of the contiguous USA with bordering countries, international borders, the national capital Washington D.C., US states, US state borders, state capitals, major cities, major rivers, interstate highways, railroads (Amtrak train routes), and major airports.
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U.S. Highway 81 & Interstate 35
A few highlights along this 1700+ mile route...
From crossing the Bering Strait to the Great Recession.
1924 (27.75" x 38"): This beautiful map of North America is colored to indicate elevation and ocean depth, and features boldly drawn state, provincial, and international boundaries. Inset maps of the Aleutian Islands and the eastern part of the West Indies complete this attractive presentation of the region. 1952 (28" x 34.75"): This map includes Central America and the West Indies as well as inset maps of both the Aleutian and Diomede Islands. Of particular note is the absence of the Interstate Highway System in the United States which was yet to be built.
This didn't just happen; the creation of the suburbs and interstate highways were the direct result of a Cold War defense policy.
