The U.S. Interstate Highway System Explained

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What's up with the Interstate Highway System? Mr. Beat explains how it works, why we have it, and how it came to be what it is today.

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Sources/further reading:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.cfm
https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/summer-1996/three-states-claim-first-interstate-highway
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/eisenhower-highway-interstate-70/16894
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_U.S._public_works_projects
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/america-in-1915/462360/
https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/1919-transcontinental-motor-convoy
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/interstatemyths.cfm#:~:text=President%20Eisenhower%20conceived%20the%20Interstate,reason%20for%20the%20Interstate%20System
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Federal_Highway_Act.htm
https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjune-2000/one-mile-five-debunking-myth
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55184326
https://www.historycentral.com/postwar/Highways.html
https://www.iihs.org/topics/speed/speed-limit-laws
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7295140/

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