Infrastructure
Interstate Highway System
Also Known As Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
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The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, a network of controlled access highways across the United States authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. At the time it was the largest public works project in American history, and it reshaped American commerce, commuting patterns and city form around long distance truck and car travel.
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Completion Year1956 marks authorization; the network was built out over subsequent decades. Value and note are the founding lane's own researched payload (FactQueue 126851), repaired here with its article citation attached. SignificanceAt authorization the largest public works project in American history; reshaped commerce and city form around road travel. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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