The southwestern section of a U.S. Department of Commerce map shows the U.S. system of highways adopted for uniform marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials on Nov. 11, 1926.

For decades, the Interstate Highway System has been an essential link in connecting us to different communities and moving trillions of dollars of goods. In 2026, the highway system will turn 70 years ...

The highway system forever changed the urban and suburban landscape. Now that it was easier to drive farther distances on safe roads, people started to move out of the cities and into the suburbs.

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944, which asked the government's road agency to establish a "National System of Interstate Highways." ...

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944, which asked the government's road agency to establish a "National System of Interstate Highways." ...

Praised as one of the greatest public works project in American history, the Interstate Highway System is about to turn 70. Skip to content NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at 11 p.m.