In February 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) named the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways (the Interstate Highway System, or IHS) one of the “Seven Great Construction Wonders of America.” As the ASCE correctly observed, our interstate system is “the greatest public works project in history.”
The interstate system does not only link the nation, but it has significantly boosted economic productivity and helped to sustain a more than ten-fold...