USA Interstate Highway System:
Miles/Kilometers Opened by Year

  Miles Opened During Year Cumulative Miles Opened % of 1995 Miles Opened Kilometers Opened During Year Cumulative Kilometers Opened
Pre-1956 2,180.5 2,180.5 5.1% 3,511.3 3,511.3
1956 538.8 2,719.3 6.4% 867.6 4,378.9
1957 2,232.7 4,952.0 11.6% 3,595.3 7,974.2
1958 1,794.9 6,746.9 15.8% 2,890.3 10,864.6
1959 1,895.4 8,642.3 20.2% 3,052.2 13,916.7
1960 1,797.6 10,439.9 24.4% 2,894.7 16,811.4
1961 1,856.5 12,296.4 28.7% 2,989.5 19,801.0
1962 2,039.4 14,335.8 33.5% 3,284.1 23,085.0
1963 2,219.6 16,555.4 38.7% 3,574.2 26,659.3
1964 2,463.4 19,018.8 44.4% 3,966.8 30,626.1
1965 2,166.0 21,184.8 49.5% 3,487.9 34,114.0
1966 2,290.8 23,475.6 54.9% 3,688.9 37,802.9
1967 2,166.3 25,641.9 59.9% 3,488.4 41,291.3
1968 1,962.3 27,604.2 64.5% 3,159.9 44,451.2
1969 2,033.5 29,637.7 69.3% 3,274.6 47,725.8
1970 1,905.7 31,543.4 73.7% 3,068.8 50,794.5
1971 1,444.3 32,987.7 77.1% 2,325.8 53,120.3
1972 1,405.6 34,393.3 80.4% 2,263.4 55,383.7
1973 1,067.2 35,460.5 82.9% 1,718.5 57,102.3
1974 812.1 36,272.6 84.8% 1,307.7 58,410.0
1975 1,119.5 37,392.1 87.4% 1,802.7 60,212.7
1976 790.3 38,182.4 89.2% 1,272.6 61,485.3
1977 724.5 38,906.9 90.9% 1,166.7 62,652.0
1978 505.4 39,412.2 92.1% 813.8 63,465.7
1979 365.2 39,777.4 92.9% 588.1 64,053.8
1980 475.2 40,252.6 94.1% 765.2 64,819.0
1981 381.6 40,634.2 95.0% 614.5 65,433.5
1982 235.4 40,869.6 95.5% 379.1 65,812.6
1983 114.2 40,983.8 95.8% 183.9 65,996.5
1984 345.6 41,329.3 96.6% 556.5 66,552.8
1985 159.1 41,488.4 96.9% 256.2 66,809.0
1986 173.0 41,661.3 97.4% 278.6 67,087.4
1987 197.6 41,858.9 97.8% 318.2 67,405.6
1988 145.2 42,004.1 98.2% 233.8 67,639.5
1989 432.2 42,436.3 99.2% 696.0 68,335.4
1990 95.6 42,531.9 99.4% 153.9 68,489.4
1991 64.5 42,596.4 99.5% 103.9 68,593.2
1992 95.3 42,691.7 99.8% 153.5 68,746.7
1993 49.7 42,741.4 99.9% 80.0 68,826.7
1994 7.6 42,749.0 99.9% 12.2 68,839.0
1995 15.1 42,764.1 99.9% 24.3 68,863.3
Congressionally Designated System 42,794.5     68,912.2
Source: Federal Highway Administration      

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