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Interstate Highway System - 50th Anniversary


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Group photo of participants from 19 states participating in the June 2006 Convoy recreating the original trek across the United States celebrating the completion of the Interstate Highway System on June 29, 1956.

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Vehicle tags from the various states participating in the June 2006 Convoy.
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The convoy along the Washington Beltway. The Beltway was closed to all traffic while the convoy traveled it.

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Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta (far left) speaking with President Eisenhower's great grandson Merrill Eisenhower Atwood (far right) who traveled the entire length of the cross-sountry convoy
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Robert King (right), DelDOT Public Relations, with President Eisenhower's great grandson Merrill Eisenhower Atwood

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DelDOT Van as part of the convoy.
50th Anniversary
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