interstate system
National road grid
The interstate system is the network of limited-access highways spanning the United States, formally the Dwight D.
Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
Built primarily in the 1950s through 1970s, these numbered routes connect major cities and regions: We drove cross-country on the interstate system.
The term often appears as simply the interstate when referring to any highway in the network.
- Department of TransportationFederal transit regulatory body
- freewayHighway without tolls
- highwayMajor road for travel
- road tripsExtended car journeys
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
interchange · exit ramp · expressway · roadside attractions · freight transport · overpass · I-95 · supply chain · traffic laws · road trip · trucking industry · big rig · Eisenhower · tourism economy · toll road · trade routes · urban sprawl · federal mandates
- Eisenhower EraDwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, Nixon, farewell address
- transport policyhighway funding, congestion pricing, fuel taxes, infrastructure funding, highway tolls
- world-systemsperiphery, underdevelopment, economic zones, incorporation, hegemon
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- transport hubsairports, airport, seaports, seaport, train station
- Truman EraTruman, Truman Doctrine, Fair Deal, buck stops here, whistle-stop tour
interstate systemlocal roads
Nearby community pathways
residential streets · city streets · alleyways · back roads · country lanes
interstate systemcanal system
Connected artificial water passages
subway system · airline routes · shipping lanes · rail system · passenger rail
interstate, system, inter, state, states, stated, stating, stately, statehood