File:Interstate Highway plan September 1955.jpg

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;Major changes from August 2, 1947 (in today's terms)

I-8 no longer serves Phoenix
I-80 shifted south in Pennsylvania, forming the separate I-380
I-135 added in Kansas
I-495 added around Boston City map from the 1955 "Yellow Book" of Interstate Highway System plans

Date

September 1955

Source

This file is a direct scan by Adam Froehlig from the following book:

Bureau of Public Roads (September 1955). "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways" (Map). General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas Designated in September 1955 Scale not given. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. p. i. OCLC 4165975.
The Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was originally a part of the United States Department of Agriculture then the United States Department of Commerce.
The BPR is the predecessor agency to the Federal Highway Administration, a part of the United States Department of Transportation.

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Author

Public Roads Administration - Federal Works Agency (predecessor to the United States Department of Transportation).

Permission
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This image or file is a work of a United States Department of Commerce employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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Interstate Highway System planning maps
August 2, 1947 map 1 - map 2	September 1955	August 14, 1957

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current	05:54, 25 December 2005		1,799 × 1,268 (123 KB)	SPUI~commonswiki	{{PD-USGov}} October 1957 map of the Interstate Highway System, from [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/pics/map-isr-sep55.jpg]. Map 19571000 Category:road maps