Scans from the Yellow Book

This page has links to city scans from the "Yellow Book", which was a book from 1955 detailing the then-proposed Interstate Highway system.  Besides the main Interstate system connecting the metropolitan areas of the country, the Yellow Book also included maps of the proposed urban Interstates within many of those metropolitan areas.  The following links, grouped by state, show those proposed urban Interstates from 1955:

The national system:

• Toll roads suggested in 1938
• A Master Plan for Free Highway Development, dated 1939
• Interregional Highways, dated ca. 1943
• Proposed National System of Interstate Highways, August 2, 1947
• Existing and then-proposed toll roads in the U.S., dated January 1, 1955
• Text from an associated article on incorporating toll roads into the Interstate system, dated May, 1955
• Approved route numbering for the Interstate System, dated August 14, 1957
• Additions to the proposed system, October 17, 1957
• Text from the associated article detailing the 1957 additions
• Updated route numbering for the Interstates, approved June 27, 1958
• Interstate System addition requests, dated March 30, 1970

Alabama:   Birmingham,  Gadsden,  Montgomery,  Tuscaloosa

Arizona:  Phoenix,  Tucson

Arkansas:  Fort Smith,  Little Rock

California:  Los Angeles,  San Francisco

Colorado:  Denver

Connecticut:  Hartford

Florida:  Miami,  Pensacola,  Tampa/St. Petersburg

Georgia:  Atlanta, Macon

Idaho:  Pocatello

Illinois:  Chicago,  Peoria,  Quad Cities

Indiana:  Indianapolis

Iowa:  Des Moines,  Quad Cities

Kansas:  Kansas City,  Topeka,  Wichita

Kentucky:  Louisville

Louisiana:  Baton Rouge,  Lake Charles,  Monroe,  New Orleans,  Shreveport

Maine:  Bangor,  Biddeford/Saco,  Portland

Maryland:  Baltimore

Massachusetts:  Boston,  Springfield,  Worcester

Michigan:  Battle Creek,  Detroit,  Flint,  Grand Rapids,  Lansing,  Saginaw

Minnesota:  Minneapolis/St. Paul

Mississippi:  Jackson

Missouri:  Kansas City,  St. Joseph,  St. Louis

Montana:  Butte,  Great Falls

Nebraska:  Lincoln,  Omaha

New Hampshire:  Manchester

New Jersey:  Camden,  Newark/Jersey City

New York:  Albany,  Buffalo,  Kingston,  New York City,  Rochester,  Schenectady,  Syracuse,  Utica

Ohio:  Cincinnati,  Cleveland,  Columbus,  Toledo

Oklahoma:  Oklahoma City,  Tulsa

Oregon:  Eugene,  Portland,  Salem

Pennsylvania:  Allentown,  Erie,  Harrisburg,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh,  Reading

Rhode Island:  Providence

South Carolina:  Columbia,  Greenville,  Spartanburg

South Dakota:  Rapid City,  Sioux Falls

Tennessee:  Chattanooga,  Knoxville,  Memphis,  Nashville

Texas:  Dallas,  Ft. Worth,  Houston,  San Antonio

Vermont:  Burlington

Virginia:  Bristol,  Norfolk,  Richmond,  Roanoke

Washington:  Seattle

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia:  Wheeling

Wisconsin:  Milwaukee

Related Links:

• Intestate System history from the FHWA
• Overview of the Interstate System from the FHWA
• Interregional Highways, from roadfan.com
• Interstate System addition requests from 1970, courtesy of Kurumi

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