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Can unbuilding highways undo the legacy of racism?
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHighways in Texas Thomas Northcut/Getty Images America's interstate highway system is one of the country's greatest infrastructure achievements, but it...
Four communities, one connection: How Interstate 41 changed the cities it tried to bypass
The Post-Crescent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAPPLETON - “Until the highway went through…” is one of those phrases you hear a lot in America....
Racism devastated our Black neighborhoods through highways. We're building back.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLet’s take a journey back in time to look at two of the vibrant Black enclaves scattered across the...
Highway 46 is getting new upgrade 68 years after fatal James Dean crash. How has it changed?
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCaltrans recently broke ground on a $148 million project that will bring a flyover interchange to...
For EERC and partners, federal funding energizes quest to develop 'better source for clean energy'
Grand Forks Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 20—GRAND FORKS — Starting in the 1950s, the federal interstate highway system was developed to solve a national infrastructure conundrum. To accommodate an ever-mobile, post-World War II ...
Highway traffic pollution puts communities of color at greater health risk, data analysis shows
ABC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTo Amy Stelly and other residents of New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood, the elevated stretch of...
Why does the I-95 Pawtucket S curve exist? Here's the history
The Providence Journal via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoIt’s hard to say what the most notable landmark is along Interstate 95 in Rhode Island. The view of...
Highway with ‘Loneliest Road in America’ also runs through St. Louis region
KTVI via Yahoo News· 6 months agoST. LOUIS – You would hardly know it driving through St. Louis, but one of the region’s highways...
More deaths, more traffic. How Highway 50 construction in Sacramento went horribly wrong
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJust after 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, a sign before the Stockton Boulevard exit warned Sacramento...
I-75 River Raisin Bridge part of 1950s highway construction
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn the past, I have profiled the history of local bridges in Monroe County, including both the...