National Highway System

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מערכת הכבישים הלאומית
Name (Latin)
National Highway System
Name (Arabic)
نظام الطرق السريعة الوطني
Other forms of name
National Highway System United States
NHS (Highway system)
See Also From tracing topical name
Express highways United States
Roads United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q800459
Library of congress: sh2005005568
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: United States. Congress (103rd, 2nd session : 1994). House. The National Highway System and ancillary issues relating to highway and transit programs, 1994:p. 1 (The National Highway System; a network consisting primarily of Interstate highways and principal arterial roads and routes which provide access to intermodal facilities and defense installations)
  • Via WWW, Aug. 16, 2005, Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research and Development. Public roads:v. 59, no. 4 (spring 1996) (The National Highway System: The National Highway System, NHS; 256,000 km include 4 percent of nation's roads; 98 percent of NHS has already been built. NHS consists of five parts: the Interstate Highway System, the Strategic Highway Corridor Network ("STRAHNET"), STRAHNET connector roads, 21 high-priority corridors designated by Congress, and an additional 148,000 km of important arterial highways)
  • GlobalSecurity.org WWW site, Aug. 16, 2005(/military/NHS: the National Highway System (NHS), created by the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, designates 160,955 miles of roadways as the National Highway System. Beyond the interstate segment, consists mostly of existing two-lane roads)