The United States’ system of numbered highways is a foundational part of the country’s transportation network. Composing multiple tiers, such as Interstate Highways, US Highways, state highways, and ...

The United States of America features the world's longest road network, with the country's complex interstate system being the backbone that stitches all of its regions together into one coherent grid ...

There are moments on the interstate when the sun settles at the far end of the road and every car seems to be driving straight into its glow. Leslie Brown has spent nearly two decades as a truck ...

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 ...

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.

It’s been called the 51st state, a perpetual motion machine, a journey with no end. It is the world’s largest public-works project. In a nation divided by geography and politics, the United States ...

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 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 American mobility and economic growth by establishing a national backbone for transportation. Modern challenges require a similarly strategic approach to ...

Ever wondered how the highway and interstate numbers came to be? What do they even mean if they mean anything at all? Behind those numbered shields displayed on the signs is a mathematical logic grid ...

In President Joe Biden's proposed American Jobs Plan, his administration is calling for $20 billion to be spent on a new program that would “reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments,” ...