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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Completion Year1956 marks authorization; the network was built out over subsequent decades. SignificanceAt authorization the largest public works project in American history; reshaped commerce and city form around road travel. 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Lincoln Highway
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1. Wikipedia: Interstate Highway System
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The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.
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is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.
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In Group: Modern Highway Systems, Lead sentence
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.
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WikipediaPreceded By: Lincoln Highway, Interstate-succession sentenceQuote, Preceded By: Lincoln Highway, Interstate-succession sentence
After the Interstate Highway System was formed in the 1950s, the former alignments of the Lincoln Highway were largely superseded by Interstate 80 as the primary coast-to-coast route from the New York City area to San Francisco.
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