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Handout
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40 Years of the Us Interstate Highway System

For Students 9th - 10th
Review of the last forty years of interstate highway development. Includes data in table and graph form detailing such areas as fatalities, cost, and economic impact.
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Handout
Other

U.s. Interstate Highway System: 40 Year Report

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Handout
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Public Roads Magazine: Creating the Interstate System

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the creation of the interstate highway system by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities and Reinforced Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
America's interstate highway system cut through the heart of dozens of urban neighborhoods. Congress approved the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, authorizing what was then the largest public works program in U.S. history. It promised to...