America’s interstate system was born out of dreams of connection, and—for a brief moment—the belief that nuclear bombs might literally blast the nation’s highways into existence. Long before today’s ...

Seventy years ago, on June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, aka the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, into law. It created the Dwight D.

WASHINGTON – The future of the U.S. Interstate Highway System is threatened by a persistent and growing backlog of structural and operational deficiencies and by various looming challenges, such as ...

It’s been called the 51st state, a perpetual motion machine, a journey with no end. It is the world’s largest public-works project. In a nation divided by geography and politics, the United States ...

A stretch of Interstate 80 through Northern California is among the most dangerous interstate highways in the United States, a study reported. The interstate, which runs from San Francisco through ...