I don't have time to write a complete article so this will be short.
The Interstate Highway System was mostly completed by 1980. The original act proposed 41,000 miles of highway, and 40,000 were built by 1980. And the system was deemed complete in 1992 with the completion of I-70 through Glenwood Canyon in Colorado. But there are 3 new major interstate highway being built now.
Interstate 11 is being built between Phoenix and Las Vegas, and it may eventually reach Reno in the north and Nogales, AZ in the south. It is hard to believe it was left out of the original system.
Interstate 69 is partially built and will connect Mexico with Canada. I think the most useful part of it will connect Houston with Shreveport.
Interstate 14 is mostly across the middle part of Texas, starting in El Paso following I-10, then branch off. It will eventually go all the way to Augusta, Georgia.
Since we have unlimited money to spend, why not fully fund these?
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