| Highways are the most important part of the | | | | in the rough terrain of the mountains and the swamp |
| automobile industry. If there were no roads or | | | | lands of the deep South. The National Highway |
| highways there would be no need for automobiles. | | | | System came into being in 1995 when it was |
| Highways allow drivers to get from destination to | | | | approved by the United States Congress. A part of |
| destination within cities and states. Highways can be | | | | the National Highway System is the Federal Highway |
| large or small in the number of lanes available in each | | | | Administration. The FHA is responsible for monitoring |
| direction. There are different highway designs across | | | | funds that are used for road construction and |
| not only the United States but also across the world. | | | | maintaining the quality of the roadways. The FHA is |
| Highways can consist of tunnels, bridges and even | | | | also responsible for providing road designs and |
| ferries. | | | | construction for the National Park Service and the |
| Some of the famous bridges in the United States are | | | | Forest Service. |
| the Verrazano Bridge, the Gold Gate Bridge, the | | | | The National Highway System serves a number of |
| Brooklyn Bridge and the Seven Mile Bridge to the | | | | transportation venues throughout the United States. |
| Florida Keys. Some of the famous tunnels in the United | | | | They are 198 ports, 207 airports, 67 Amtrak stations, |
| States are the Broadway Tunnel, the Henry E. Kinney | | | | 190 rail/truck terminals, 82 bus terminals, 307 public |
| Tunnel, the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Holland | | | | transit stations, 37 ferries, 20 multipurpose passenger |
| Tunnel. Bridges and tunnels are used to continue | | | | terminals and 58 pipeline terminals. |
| roadways and highways across large bodies of water | | | | People across the country can elect to |
| without having to ferry vehicles across the water. This | | | | adopt-a-highway, also known as the |
| would take more time than driving across the bridge or | | | | sponsor-a-highway program. This is where people can |
| through the tunnel because the cars would have to be | | | | keep a stretch of highway beautiful by keeping it free |
| loaded onto the ferry and then the ferry would have | | | | of litter in exchange for a sign with that person or |
| to traverse the water. A popular ferry located in both | | | | group's name on it along the roadway. If you sponsor |
| New Jersey and Delaware is the Cape May-Lewes | | | | a highway the corporation that does so usually hires a |
| Ferry. The ferry is used by tourists and the workforce | | | | company to pick up the litter from the roadway. This |
| alike, taking them from Cape May, New Jersey to | | | | method is the most popular because of how |
| Lewes, Delaware or vice versa. | | | | dangerous high speed highways can be. The hired |
| The United States employs the National Highway | | | | company is a professional trash company with road |
| System for their roadways. It is 160,000 miles of | | | | cleaning experience. Such groups that sponsor |
| roadway that are important to the country's safety, | | | | highways are the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, |
| mobility and economy. As technology has improved so | | | | major corporations and even the Knights of Columbus. |
| has the placement of highways. They are now located | | | | |