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| | Caltrans :: Interstate Turns 50 |
 | | The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), which represents the state departments of transportation in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, wants to “Celebrate the Interstate!” both nationally and in individual states. |
 | | California is itself commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System on June 16, 2006, at San Francisco’s Lincoln Park, which was the western terminus of one of America’s best-known historic roads, the Lincoln Highway. |
 | | Planning for a system of new highways actually began in the late 1930s, and in 1944 the National Highway Committee, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, developed plans for a national system of expressways, approved by Congress as the 40,000 mile National System of Interstate Highways. |
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