In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers came with ...

Dr. Miguel Juarez, author of the forthcoming book "Three Ways: Highway Building in Displacement and El Paso, Texas," sheds light on the impact of highway construction on local communities. The book, ...

For decades, the United States has built and expanded a 220,000-mile network of state and interstate highways, easing cross-country travel while dividing cities and boosting suburban sprawl. But as ...

Recently I came across an article that commented on the fact that many state highway departments are still promoting increased road construction. Their motivation is reduced congestion and reduced CO2 ...

Funding for highway construction projects continues to see impacts from inflation of construction component costs for concrete, grading/excavation, asphalt, as well as labor costs. The cost of highway ...