President Harry S. Truman

FreightWaves Classics: 75th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Air Force (Part 1)

A SPAD S.XIII in livery of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, 94th Aero Squadron at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

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The 75th anniversary of the founding of the United States Air Force (USAF) occurred on September 18, 2022. The “birthday” of this branch of the United States armed forces was and is being celebrated by millions across the nation and the world. FreightWaves also celebrates this anniversary and salutes the men and women who currently serve and those who have served...

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FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: Signs on the National Old Trails Road

Moving along the National Old Trails Road in a caravan. (Photo: fhwa.dot.org)

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Background

The U.S. Numbered Highway System (these highways are often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) was established in 1926. It is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. Because the designations and numberings of...

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FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: General locations of first interstates announced in 1947

A scene that is too common on interstate highways across the nation. (Photo: (Photo: Walter Parenteau/Flickr)

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On August 2, 1947 – about nine years before President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the legislation that formally established the nation’s Interstate Highway System, or IHS – the general locations of the first designated routes for the network of “super-highways” were announced.

This...

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