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, ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 2, 1956. What we now know as Interstate 44 and Interstate 70 were actually historic milestones for both Missouri and the greater United States.

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 ...

Wichita Falls may have a new interstate highway running through it in the future, but those plans face some sharp curves and bumps. That’s the finding of a study conducted by the Texas Department of ...