Since the Interstate highway system was created from whole cloth, rather than emerging through the years, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there is a defined logic to the numbering system that ...

The US interstate system transformed travel and commerce but also left a complex legacy of divided communities.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The vast network of Interstate highways developed in the second half of the 20th century fueled economic growth and created the trucking industry we know today. Here is how it was conceived, created ...

Road enthusiasts, history buffs, and nostalgia fans are gearing up for the 100-year anniversary of historic Route 66 in 2026. About 345 miles of the historic 2,400-mile highway pass through Southern ...

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 ...