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The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge carries the Capital Beltway, I-95/495, across the Potomac River. Although President Woodrow Wilson's life was filled with many accomplishments and distinctions, he is not known for links to the Potomac River or for crossing it.
So why is the bridge...
You're driving along an Interstate, perhaps I-95, minding your own business when suddenly, up ahead, there's a toll booth! And another one after that. And still more toll booths. Does the Federal Government know about this, you wonder. Is the State trying to balance its budget...
I-70 is 2,153 miles long. It is the fifth longest Interstate highway after:
I-90: 3,020.54 miles from Boston, Massachusetts, to Seattle, Washington.
I-80: 2,899.54 miles from Teaneck, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California.
I-40: 2,555.40...
In July 1988, the FHWA cosponsored a conference called Scenic Byways '88: A National Conference to Map the Future of America's Scenic Roads and Highways. IN preparation for the conference, the FHWA published Scenic Byways as a guide and reference for participants. It contained...
A student contacted the Federal Highway Administration about a research project on "driving for pleasure," "driving as free time activity," and the "conception of landscape by an eye in motion." He asked:
What I'm still looking for and what I now...
This was actually a trick question. The Highway History page knew the answer, but wanted to see how much trouble the Rambler would go to in trying to respond. He didn't go to much trouble at all! He stole the response from a Highway History page draft he came across and...
Welcome, once again, to the popular feature which allows the Rambler to make up a question he already knows the answer to, pretend he had to do a lot of eye-straining research, and submit a voucher for "travel expenses." Well, he's done it again, and we're not falling for it. But here's his...
I-76 goes through Philadelphia, where the Founding Fathers crafted and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Surely it's no coincidence that I-76 happens to go through the city where the United States was born.
It's a nice thought. The Rambler thought...
The Rambler is often asked how Hawaii can have Interstate highways when the roads clearly don't connect two States. The question is often followed by the observation that, just in case the Rambler hadn't noticed, Hawaii doesn't share a border with any other State and is, in fact, ____ miles away...
Dear Rambler,
I came across the following letter and I'm wondering if it's true:
January 31, 1829
To President Jackson,
The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as "...