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All Modern Highway Systems

Highway networks built in the twentieth century for motor traffic, including the Interstate System, the Autobahn and the Trans-Canada Highway. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the road a highway or highway system. It excludes ancient trade roads. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.

All Modern Highway Systems
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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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Wikipedia: Trans-Canada Highway
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The Trans-Canada Highway (French: Route Transcanadienne) is a transcontinental highway system within the country of Canada.
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Wikipedia: Autobahn
WikipediaHas Member: Autobahn, Lead sentence
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The Autobahn (IPA: [ˈaʊtoˌbaːn] ; German pl. Autobahnen, pronounced [ˈaʊtoˌbaːnən] ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany.
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Wikipedia: Lincoln Highway
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The Lincoln Highway is one of the first transcontinental highways in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles.
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