Interstate Highway System 50th Anniversary
The Interstate highway system is essential to America's prosperity and way of...
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An Engineer's Thoughts on the Interstate System
by Seppo Sillan
In early 2000, the Federal Highway Administration received a letter from a middle school student in Kansas about the Interstate System. Seppo Sillan, who was acting Director of the Office of Program Administration, replied on February 16. He has since retired. Mr. Sillan'...
Origins Of The Interstate Maintenance Program
by
Richard F. Weingroff
Federal Highway Administration
Every President and succeeding Congresses have honored the strong bipartisan commitment to the Interstate System that was reflected in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 signed by President...
Interstate System Conditions and Performance
Introduction
On February 16, 2006, Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta forwarded a report to Congress on the 2004 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance. In accordance with Section 502(f) of Title 23 and Section 308(e)...
Happy 40th Anniversary: National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
by
Rodney E. Slater
Federal Highway Administrator
(1993 - 1997)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Interstate System, Federal Highway Administrator Rodney E. Slater participated in a transcontinental commemorative trip that paralleled the route of...
Happy 30th Anniversary National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
The 30th Anniversary of the Interstate System was honored in several ways. Here are a few examples.
America Celebrates 30th Anniversary of the Interstate System
The Fall 1986 issue of the FHWA's short-lived journal, U.S. Highways, contained the following article...
Along the Interstates: Seeing the Roadside
by Richard F. Weingroff
A highway may be confined to its right-of-way, but a highway network extends into the fabric of society. As the Nation's premiere highway network, the Interstate System is woven into our culture, daily lives, economy, leisure, and urban shape....
How Many Interstate Programs Were There?
Feb 25, 2008
By Martin H. Weiss Leader,
National Systems and Economic Development Team
Federal Highway Administration
Introduction
The public generally uses the expression "the Interstate" to refer not just to specific highways but to the...
Frank Turner on 1-in-5
In the late 1980s, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) conducted an oral history exercise with many State highway officials and some Federal leaders. The material from the oral histories provided background for AASHTO's excellent book, The...