1956: The Federal-Aid Highway Act passes. The Interstate Highway System is intended to reduce traffic and improve road safety ...

The advent of the U.S. interstate highway system in the 1950s brought about a need for cars that could handle higher speeds and longer distances. Automakers responded by engineering vehicles with ...

Amidst the Congressional battles over infrastructure funding legislation, the 48,000-mile Interstate Highway System ... Interstate pavements in the 1950s and 1960s was 20 years.