Handout
Other

40 Years of the Us Interstate Highway System

For Students 9th - 10th
Review of the last forty years of interstate highway development. Includes data in table and graph form detailing such areas as fatalities, cost, and economic impact.
Handout
Other

U.s. Interstate Highway System: 40 Year Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an analysis of the US interstate highway system. Includes information on the impact of the interstate highway system on the economy, safety, quality of life, and national defense.
Handout
Other

Public Roads Magazine: Creating the Interstate System

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the creation of the interstate highway system by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities and Reinforced Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
America's interstate highway system cut through the heart of dozens of urban neighborhoods. Congress approved the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, authorizing what was then the largest public works program in U.S. history. It promised to...