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Follows the East Coast of the United States, longest north-south US Highway US 2: 2,112: 3,399 I-5/SR 529 in Everett, WA: I-75 in St. Ignace, MI: 1926: current Western segment US 2: 460: 740 US 11 in Rouses Point, NY: I-95 in Houlton, ME: 1926: current Eastern segment US 3: 273: 439 Route 2A/Route 3 in Cambridge
The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]
US 64/US 264 in Wendell, North Carolina: 2017: current Unfinished in North Carolina; North Carolina only; planned in one more: Virginia Associated route: I-587 Shortest Interstate highway in contiguous United States I-87: 333.49: 536.70 I-278 in New York City: A-15 at Canadian border in Champlain, New York: 1957: current New York only
In 1952, AASHO permanently recognized the splits in US 11, [15] US 19, US 25, US 31, US 45, US 49, US 73, and US 99. [ 15 ] For the most part, the U.S. Routes were the primary means of inter-city vehicle travel; the main exceptions were toll roads such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike and parkway routes such as the Merritt Parkway .
In 1918, Wisconsin became the first state to number its highways in the field followed by Michigan the following year. [1] In 1926 the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) established and numbered interstate routes (United States Numbered Highways), selecting the best roads in each state that could be connected to provide a national network of federal highways.
When making your own maps for a specialized purpose, check out the basic templates provided at Wikipedia:Blank maps; User:Brooke Vibber/Maps and images for Wikipedia; User:Morwen/maps; Libre Map Project boundary maps - Blank boundary maps for all 50 United States including state, county, and county subdivisions. Commons:Map resources#Map ...
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A map of the Strategic Highway Network, one component of the NHS Map of average freight truck traffic on the NHS in 2015. According to the Federal Highway Administration, the 160,000-mile (260,000 km) National Highway System includes roads important to the United States' economy, defense, and mobility, from one or more of the following road networks (specific routes may be part of more than ...