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title: "Interstate Highway System Authorized"
year: 1956
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1956/interstate-highway-act"
slug: "interstate-highway-act"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1956-06-29"
---

# Interstate Highway System Authorized

> Eisenhower's Federal-Aid Highway Act created the world's largest public works project, reshaping American infrastructure and suburban development.

## Summary

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. The system extends throughout the contiguous United States and has routes in Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.

## Sources

- [Interstate Highway System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System) - Wikipedia

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