70 years of the interstate: How the US highway system built the America we know

Seventy years ago, on June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, aka the National ...
Road & Track

The Magic of America's Vast and Growing Interstate System

It’s been called the 51st state, a perpetual motion machine, a journey with no end. It is the world’s largest public-works project. In a nation divided by geography and politics, the United States ...
Purdue University

First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the first time in the U.S., a roadway has wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating key technology that could help lower the ...
The Post-Crescent

Interstate 41 to see closed exit, mainline, interchange work in 2026

Construction crews will begin improvements on two major interchanges along Interstate 41 in Appleton in 2026. The State 47/Richmond Street overpass will close in spring 2026 to be converted into a ...