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The community near the Yellowstone River crossing
shown in this photo of original Interstate
construction.
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What is Livingston? (circa 1961)
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Among these three states, Montana, Texas, and
Illinois, this state has the fewest rural
Interstate miles.
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What is Montana?Montana is fourth to Illinois,
Texas and California.
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MTs Interstate 15 crosses the Continental Divide
not just once but this many times.
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What is three?Twice south of Butte, once north
of Butte. The highest point is in Elk Park at
6968 feet.
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Montanas first Interstate highway construction
contracts were let in this year 1956, 1957, 1958.
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What is 1958?Between Dillon and the Idaho state
line to FS Contracting.
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MTs Interstate system comprises 1.7 of the
public road mileage and carries this percentage
of total vehicle miles of travel 10, 25, 33.
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What is 25?
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In 1986, this Interstate route was the first to
be connected from east to west coast by virtue of
the last segment being completed in Utah.
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What is I-80?Coincidentally, the first
transcontinental rail line was also completed in
Utah, 117 years earlier.
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In this year the Interstate highway system was
first authorized by a Congressional Act 1944,
1947, 1955
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What is 1944? The legislation provided no funding
but identified a system of interregional
highways, 39,000 miles in total extent.
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This first state to award a construction contract
with Interstate funding showed the country how to
do it.
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What is Missouri on Aug. 2, 1956? The Show-me
State awarded the contract to begin work on I-44.
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Placed near Iowa City, Iowa, in 1964 this road
surface material was constructed for the first
time on an Interstate highway.
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What is full-depth hot-mix asphalt?
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This state, naturally, was first to complete
construction of its original allocation of 542
miles of Interstate highways Maryland,
Arkansas, or Tennessee
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What is Arkansas? Arkansas is officially
nicknamed the Natural State, known throughout
the country for its natural beauty, clear lakes
and streams and abundance of natural wildlife.
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The Interstate highway network today is composed
of this many miles 42k, 44k, 47k
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What is 47k (46,572) miles? The system has grown
from the 42,000 authorized under the 1956 act.
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The route numbers for Interstate highways running
north-south are even or odd.
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What are odd numbered?
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This north-south Interstate route terminates at
Duluth, MN, and begins at Laredo, TX.
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What is I-35?
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This longest Interstate route runs east-west from
Boston to Seattle.
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What is I-90? To be exact, thats 3085.27 miles.
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I-95 spans from New Brunswick, CAN, to Miami, FL,
and passes through this many states.
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What are 15 states? 15 States plus D.C. ME, NH,
MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, NC, SC,
GA, FL.
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Interstate Construction projects provided cost
sharing at this federalstate ratio.
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What is 9010? Projects on the primary, secondary
and urban systems were funded at a 5050 ratio
under the 1956 Act.
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The 1956 bill authorized this amount of federal
funds to complete the Interstate
construction 1B, 25B, 100B
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What is 25 billion (24.8 to be exact)? The
total cost to complete the 40,000 mile system was
estimated at 27 billion.
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By 1996, construction of the Interstate system
consumed this amount of Federal funding 25B,
120B, 300B
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What is 120 billion? To be exact it is 119
billion.
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While it now stands at slightly over 18, in 1956
it was 3.
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What is the federal gas tax?
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A 100-gallon purchase of gas generates this much
for the highway account of the trust fund 18 or
15
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What is 15 (15.44 to be exact)? Of the 18.4
federal tax, over 2.8 is directed to the transit
account.
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This BPR chief, even without special sauce,
provided the vision over 30 years to bring the
Interstate system to a reality.
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Who was Thomas H. MacDonald? MacDonald presided
over the Bureau of Public Roads from 1919 to 1953.
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This General was instrumental in the
establishment of the Interstate System.
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Who is General Eisenhower? President Eisenhower
signed the historic Federal-aid Highway Act in
1956 that established the highway trust fund.
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The 1916 highway act was the first of the
federal-aid highway acts and established this
agency, predecessor to FHWA.
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What is the Bureau of Public Roads? The 1916 act
provided 75 million over 5 years, requiring a
50 state match on each project.
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This former Senator, whose son was tied up in
Florida in 2004, was a co-author of the hallmark
1956 Federal Aid Highway Act.
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Who was Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee? Sen.
Gore authored the legislation with Sen. Boggs of
Louisiana and Senator Fallon of Maryland.
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The fully complete and formal name is blank
blank National System of Interstate and
Defense Highways
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What is Dwight Eisenhower National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways?
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A national system of transcontinental toll roads
was envisioned by this President, 20 years before
Dwights action.
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Who was President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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An award-winning Interstate project constructed
I-70 along this canyon in Colorado.
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What is Glenwood Canyon? Designated by ASCE as
the outstanding civil engineering achievement of
1993.
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These cities are but two (2) of the five (5)
state capitals not directly served by the
Interstate system.
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What are Carson City, Dover, Jefferson City,
Juneau, Pierre?
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The western-most south-north Interstate route is
given this single digit number.
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What is 5? I-5 begins north of Seattle and ends
in San Diego.
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This Interstate route in North Carolina dozent
run but this many miles.
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What is 12 miles? The route is between Emery and
Greensboro, NC.
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Final Jeopardy
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Final Answer
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Final Question
What are Carson City, Dover, Jefferson City,
Juneau, Pierre?