Long before becoming president, Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in a 1919 military convoy that crossed the U.S. in brutal ...

Before the Interstate System, cross-country travel was slow and dangerous. But thanks to Eisenhower’s vision, America now enjoys one of the most advanced road networks in the world. Here’s the ...

Today, the interstate highway system stretches over 48,000 miles. Since Eisenhower's time, these roads have aged. In 2025, the interstate highway system turned 69. Modernizing the interstate ...

Eisenhower's experience would later influence his push for the highway system when he would become president. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 ...