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The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, Interstate Freeway System or the Interstate) is a network of freeways that forms a part of the National Highway System of the United States. The system is named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who championed its formation. Construction was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, and the original portion was completed 35 years later. The network has since been extended, and , it had a total length of , making it the world's second longest after China's. , about one-quarter of all vehicle miles driven in the country use the Interstate system. The cost of construction has been estimated at $425 billion (in 2006 dollars), making it the "largest public works program since the Pyramids". The system has contributed in shaping the United States into a world economic superpower and a highly industrialized nation.
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate... Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/interstate.cfm - Web |
| Route Log and Finder List Route Log and Finder List www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/index.cfm - Web |
| Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/ - Web |
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| Interstate Highway System Interstate Highway System eisenhower.archives.gov/.../interstate_highway_system.html - Web |
| "Keep on Trucking?: Would you pay more in taxes to... "Keep on Trucking?: Would you pay more in taxes to fix roads and rail?" www.pbs.org/now/shows/535/index.html - Web |
| Interstate at 50 Interstate at 50 www.interstate50th.org - Web |
