# The Simple Genius of the Interstate Highway System | Wendover Productions

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Podcast: [Wendover Productions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431)
Published: 2026-07-16T15:03:00+00:00
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The Simple Genius of the Interstate Highway System Sign up for a CuriosityStream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: http://CuriosityStream.com/wendover Watch a Nebula-exclusive companion video to this here: https://nebula.app/videos/wendover-productions-the-strangest-sections-of-american-interstateWatch Extremities at http://youtube.com/extremitiesBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterSelect footage courtesy the AP Archive[1] https://www.eh.net/eha/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kitschens.pdf [2]https://alu.army.mil/alog/2015/JANFEB15/PDF/140108.pdf; https://www.americanheritage.com/ikes-excellent-adventure; https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/research/online-documents/1919-convoy/principal-facts.pdf [3] https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/research/online-documents/1919-convoy/1919-11-03-dde-to-chief.pdf [4] https://www.dot.state.al.us/publications/Design/pdf/DesignStandardsInterstateSystem.pdf [5] https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SSRN-id3428675.pdf [6] https://tripnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TRIP_In…

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