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TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER
First Section of Interstate Opened in United States
Silver Lake, Kansas
Historical Marker Database · William Fischer, Jr.
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THE STORY
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On November 14, 1956, the next 8 miles under the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act opened as the first section of interstate in the United States.
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