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Interstate Highways
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about interstate highways. They then answer the 10 questions on the page.
US National Archives
Our Documents: National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
This great resource gives the history of building interstate highways as far back as the Roosevelt administration. Find out why President Eisenhower thought a system of interstate highways was so important to the U.S. economy and defense.
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U.s. Interstate Highway System: 40 Year Report
Provides an analysis of the US interstate highway system. Includes information on the impact of the interstate highway system on the economy, safety, quality of life, and national defense.
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Public Roads Magazine: Creating the Interstate System
Discusses the creation of the interstate highway system by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.