Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the transcontinental railroad, Theodore Roosevelt created the National Park Service, and Dwight D. Eisenhower established the interstate highway system, the staffers also noted.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/trump-calls-for-quantum-leap-in-standards-of-living-through-creation-of-freedom-cities/article_058fe3d4-eb9f-5639-a8ca-95fb7f023108.html

Last night, protesters blocked a bridge linking the city to Arkansas and an interstate highway, trying to stop traffic.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/briefing/memphis-police-tyre-nichols-beating.html

ST. LOUIS – Missouri could soon have a new interstate highway.

Source: https://newstalkkzrg.com/2023/05/24/missouri-approved-a-2-5-million-study-of-new-interstate/

The decline of 25th Street’s notorious reputation came in the mid-1950s, with postwar families taking advantage of the interstate highway system, leaving behind the railroads and driving their cars everywhere.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/06/18/main-streets-utah-how-ogdens-25th/

While some cheered following the bill’s passing, feelings of uncertainty stirred for Black people by some of the racist interstate highway policies in the 1950s.

Source: https://newsone.com/4563227/african-american-mayors-association-big-4-fireside-chat/