| 50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Oregon Joins in National Celebration |
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The year 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the federal law that brought America its interstate highway system. On June 29, 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 into law, beginning one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken.
The 46,508 miles of interstate highways have transformed our nation and our economy. The wide, relatively straight roadways in the interstate highway system were designed to be faster and safer than the two-lane roads that preceded them, bringing amazing and sometimes controversial changes to our way of life.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, which represents the state departments of transportation in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, is sponsoring a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the interstate highway system called Celebrate the Interstate! The Oregon Department of Transportation is joining in this celebration and will commemorate it in several different ways, using the 50th anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on Oregon’s transportation history and take a look forward at our future.
This web site is designed to share information about Oregon's pieces of the interstate highway system. Click on the links to the right for historical information, photographs, related web links and facts and figures.
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