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The Role of Innovative Finance

Consider what our nation's transportation system would be like if we were still using only technology and ideas developed in the 1950s!

FHWA's Quality Journey

Serving the movement of people, products, and services is what the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is all about.

A New Face for FHWA in a New Era

With a work force of only about 3,500 individuals nationwide, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administers a $20 billion program to ensure that the United States has the highest quality and safest highway system in the world.

Big Surprise - Not!

It's really no surprise to anyone who's traveled a major highway recently that more Americans are on the road.

Policy and Legislation

"Along the Road" is the place to look for information about current and upcoming activities, developments, trends, and items of general interest to the highway community.

Surfing Overseas

While there is a wealth of transportation-related web sites generated in the United States, there is also a sizable and growing treasure of web-based information overseas that should be of interest to highway officials, researchers, and practitioners on this side of the Atlantic.