# Canonical recap data for First Interstate Highway Completed (1956)
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slug: interstate-highway-system
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1956/interstate-highway-system"
title: First Interstate Highway Completed
subtitle: The completion of the first segment of the Interstate Highway System reshaped American infrastructure and enabled suburban expansion.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1956-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1956
decade: 1950
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: First Interstate Bancorp was a bank holding company based in the United States. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation's eighth largest banking company.
summaryLong: First Interstate Bancorp was a bank holding company based in the United States. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation's eighth largest banking company.
heroImageUrl: "https://live.staticflickr.com/84/234526475_b2ad624b39_b.jpg"
heroImageCredit: "\"Historic Route 66\" by dbking is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/."
importance: 74
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Interstate_Bancorp"
  title: First Interstate Bancorp
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: First Interstate Bancorp was a bank holding company based in the United States. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation's eighth largest banking company
wikidataQid: Q5453108
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260617123726/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Interstate_Bancorp"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-17
  label: First Interstate Bancorp
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Interstate_Bancorp"
