Interstate Highway System Urban Freeway Map from the Yellow Book

Maps of the Interstate Highway System and the urban freeway plans were detailed in the 1955 "Yellow Book". :

Interstate Highways: Road to Prosperity (1965)

The national system:

• Toll roads suggested in 1938
• A Master Plan for Free Highway Development, dated 1939
• Interregional Highways, dated ca. 1943
• Proposed National System of Interstate Highways, August 2, 1947
• Existing and then-proposed toll roads in the U.S., dated January 1, 1955
• Text from an associated article on incorporating toll roads into the Interstate system, dated May, 1955
• Approved route numbering for the Interstate System, dated August 14, 1957
• Additions to the proposed system, October 17, 1957
• Text from the associated article detailing the 1957 additions
• Updated route numbering for the Interstates, approved June 27, 1958
• Interstate System addition requests, dated March 30, 1970

Alabama:   Birmingham,  Gadsden,  Montgomery,  Tuscaloosa

Arizona:  Phoenix,  Tucson

Arkansas:  Fort Smith,  Little Rock

California:  Los Angeles,  San Francisco

Colorado:  Denver

Connecticut:  Hartford

Florida:  Miami,  Pensacola,  Tampa/St. Petersburg

Georgia:  Atlanta, Macon

Idaho:  Pocatello

Illinois:  Chicago,  Peoria,  Quad Cities

Indiana:  Indianapolis

Iowa:  Des Moines,  Quad Cities

Kansas:  Kansas City,  Topeka,  Wichita

Kentucky:  Louisville

Louisiana:  Baton Rouge,  Lake Charles,  Monroe,  New Orleans,  Shreveport

Maine:  Bangor,  Biddeford/Saco,  Portland

Maryland:  Baltimore

Massachusetts:  Boston,  Springfield,  Worcester

Michigan:  Battle Creek,  Detroit,  Flint,  Grand Rapids,  Lansing,  Saginaw

Minnesota:  Minneapolis/St. Paul

Mississippi:  Jackson

Missouri:  Kansas City,  St. Joseph,  St. Louis

Montana:  Butte,  Great Falls

Nebraska:  Lincoln,  Omaha

New Hampshire:  Manchester

New Jersey:  Camden,  Newark/Jersey City

New York:  Albany,  Buffalo,  Kingston,  New York City,  Rochester,  Schenectady,  Syracuse,  Utica

Ohio:  Cincinnati,  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Toledo

Oklahoma:  Oklahoma City,  Tulsa

Oregon:  Eugene,  Portland,  Salem

Pennsylvania:  Allentown,  Erie,  Harrisburg,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh,  Reading

Rhode Island:  Providence

South Carolina:  Columbia,  Greenville,  Spartanburg

South Dakota:  Rapid City,  Sioux Falls

Tennessee:  Chattanooga,  Knoxville,  Memphis,  Nashville

Texas:  Dallas,  Ft. Worth,  Houston,  San Antonio

Vermont:  Burlington

Virginia:  Bristol,  Norfolk,  Richmond,  Roanoke

Washington:  Seattle

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia:  Wheeling

Wisconsin:  Milwaukee

Related Links:

• Interstate System history from the FHWA
• Overview of the Interstate System from the FHWA
• Interregional Highways, from roadfan.com
• Interstate System addition requests March 1970

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