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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-40 is a key east-west highway

May 2, 2022

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This is the latest in an intermittent FreightWaves Classics series about the U.S. Interstate Highway System (IHS). The series began with a profile of Interstate 2 (I-2) and has covered each interstate in numerical order. Today’s article profiles Interstate 40 (I-40), which runs from North Carolina in the East to California in the West. Earlier articles can be found on FreightWaves.com.

Overview

I-40 is one of the interstate highways that was in the original IHS plan. Spanning eight states, it is a major automotive and trucking transportation corridor that travels generally in an east-west direction, connecting the Southeast and the Desert Southwest.

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