TIL in 1919, the U.S. Army organized a convoy of 81 vehicles from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA. The trip took 56 travel days, broke 9 vehicles, had 21 casualties and convinced observer Dwight Eisenhower to champion the Interstate Highway System, which he signed into law 37 years later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/191β¦
USA Redesign in the Style of the U.S. Interstate Highway System
The U.S. States That Spend the Most on Their Highway Systems
Graphic illustrating how much each U.S. state spends on their highway systems
TIL that the U.S. Interstate Highway System is numbered by location - lower numbers are found in the south and higher in the north, odd-numbered run South to North and even-numbered run West to East, and if its divisible by 5 its a major coast-to-coast or border-to-border route. alansfactoryoutlet.com/thβ¦
The U.S. States That Spend the Most on Their Highway Systems
[todayilearned] TIL in 1919, the U.S. Army organized a convoy of 81 vehicles from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA. The trip took 56 travel days, broke 9 vehicles, had 21 casualties and convinced observer Dwight Eisenhower to champion the Interstate Highway System, which he signed into law 37 yea en.wikipedia.org/wiki/191β¦
The U.S. states that spend the most on their highway systems.
Can Anyone Suggest a Documentary about the Building of the National Highway System in the U. S.?
I added the U. S. Highways to my drawing of the Interstate System
TIL the biggest and most expensive public project in the history of the world was the U.S. Interstate Highway System. Although it cost $500 billion, it delivered economic benefits worth $3 trillion, paying for itself many times over. fool.com/pwa/investing/geβ¦
YSK The U. S. Interstate Highway System numbering system. Odd numbers run north - south with numbers increasing east - west. Even numbers run east - west with numbers increasing south - north.
This information is helpful if you're lost, without cell phone service or a map, but know the general direction you need to go.
Edit: Odd numbers increase west - east. Thanks u/IronDuck721
Gas stations are the highway systemβs loading screens.
In 2018 the American Road and Transportation Builders Association found 23% of bridges in Rhode Island structurally deficient β higher than any other U.S. state. RI has identified 721 bridges, including 27 on the Interstate Highway System, that need repair at an estimated cost of $1.8 BILLION. bostonglobe.com/metro/rhoβ¦
The U.S. States That Spend the Most on Their Highway Systems yourlawyer.com/library/hiβ¦
TIL In March 2016, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the manufacturers of 99% of U.S. automobiles had agreed to include automatic emergency braking systems as standard on virtually all new cars sold in the U.S. by 2022 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colβ¦
Why Are Data Glitches Continually Skewing Hawaiiβs Covid-19 Numbers? The stateβs tracking system is like a complex information highway, moving data from many labs to a central reporting point. But some say there are too many traffic jams. civilbeat.org/2021/09/whyβ¦
Average daily U.S. highway traffic, visualized as a living circulatory system [1533x838][OS]
One in ten U.S. bridges in urgent need of repair - More than 63,000 bridges across the United States are in urgent need of repair, with most of the aging, structurally compromised structures part of the interstate highway system, an analysis of recent federal data has found. reuters.com/article/2014/β¦
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has estimated Virginia could receive more than $9.2 billion in funds from the recently passed federal infrastructure legislation wavy.com/news/virginia/usβ¦
U.S. highway traffic visualized as a living circulatory system [OC] metrocosm.com/traffic-floβ¦
Expect to pay at least $400 billion over next 20 years to protect U.S. from rising seas, study warns. Protecting our coastlines will cost almost as much as it did to build the interstate highway system -- but needs to be done in half the time. thinkprogress.org/sea-levβ¦
[W] Hawaiiβs interstate highway system
[YouShouldKnow] YSK The U. S. Interstate Highway System numbering system. Odd numbers run north - south with numbers increasing east - west. Even numbers run east - west with numbers increasing south - north. /r/YouShouldKnow/commentsβ¦
One in ten U.S. bridges in urgent need of repair - More than 63,000 bridges across the United States are in urgent need of repair, with most of the aging, structurally compromised structures part of the interstate highway system, an analysis of recent federal data has found. reuters.com/article/2014/β¦
The Pre-Interstate U.S. Highway System, circa 1955 [5000 x 3225]
TIL: U.S. highway numbers follow a grid pattern. Odd-numbered highways run generally north to south and even-numbered highways run generally east to west. This is why Hwy 101 runs up the west cost Hwy 1 runs up the east coast and Hwy. 2 runs along the Canada while Hwy 98 runs along the gulf coast en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniβ¦
The volcanic eruption at KΔ«lauea last year was the biggest in the U.S. since Mount St. Helens. It released enough material to cover the entire interstate highway system in 19 meters of lava. blogs.discovermagazine.coβ¦
TIL that a short stretch of highway in Arizona counts off exit numbers, road signs and markers in kilometers due to a push in the 80's to convert the country's measurement system to metric. gizmodo.com/an-arizona-hiβ¦
The roughly 60-mile stretch (or about 100 kilometers) is the only continuous highway in the U.S. with metric signs, and it's the subject of a long-simmering spat over whether they should be changed back to the standard system. azfamily.com/news/local/Aβ¦
Non American's who have been to the U.S., what did you think of our interstate highway system?
TIL that when the LBJ I-635 project is complete, it will be the widest highway system in the U.S (28 lanes wide) - even wider than Houston's Katy I-10 (26 lanes wide) imgur.com/a/UElr3
Greenland has lost a staggering amount of ice β and itβs only getting worse - enough water to submerge the entire U.S. interstate highway system 98 feet deep β and to do so 63 times over washingtonpost.com/news/eβ¦
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx On The Legacy Of The U.S. Highway System; a discussion on how race, economics, and access to transportation infrastructure have ruined urban centers and what can be done to fix it. thedianerehmshow.org/showβ¦
Yellen extends U.S. default deadline to Dec. 15 after highway payment reuters.com/business/us-tβ¦
U.S. Moving Forward on Bicycle Interstate Highway System ecogeek.org/component/conβ¦
/u/Dobbins responds to: Americaβs modern highway system was largely created during the Eisenhower Administration. Were these roads based on previously-existing trails or were entirely new routes created? [+47] np.reddit.com/r/AskHistorβ¦
U.S. Interstate Highways Need Overhaul; System Requires Significant Commitment for Federal and State Coordination and Funding, Says New Report www8.nationalacademies.orβ¦
U.S. highway system, in the style of a subway map [4000x2900] flickr.com/photos/senexprβ¦
U.S. Interstate Highway System [OS] [1632x1056]
