Since the early 2000s, Interstate Guide has documented America's Interstate Highway System through photography, route histories, business routes, and reference material. The site covers both the familiar and overlooked parts of the national network.
Browse Interstate highways by route number or state, explore historical features and trivia, follow proposed corridors, and discover the stories behind the roads that connect the country.
Explore Interstate Guide
Browse Interstate routes, discover business loops, explore historical features, and follow the continuing evolution of America's highway network.
✓ Mainline Interstates
✓ Auxiliary Routes
✓ Future Interstates
✓ Former Routes
✓ Unsigned Routes
✓ Business Routes
Browse by Route Number
Interstate families and branch routes.
Browse by State
Routes organized geographically.
Business Routes
Former alignments and downtown connectors.
Features
History, trivia and numbering guides.
What's New
Recent additions and updates.
About Interstate Guide
Contributors and project history.
The Interstate Highway System has evolved substantially since the early years of completion. Today the system continues to grow with new corridors developed with Congressional authority, such as I-69 between Texas and Indiana, the completion of I-49 in Arkansas and Louisiana and the southern extension of I-27 from Lubbock to Laredo, Texas. Interstate Guide documents both the original network and the routes added through decades of expansion.
Interstate Guide currently documents:
Interstate Numbering Guide
Numbering guidelines for the Eisenhower Interstate System. Why is there an I-238 but no I-38? Read More →
Proposals and Unbuilt Routes
Previously proposed or suggested long distance and regional Interstate corridors that were never realized or otherwise remain unconstructed. Read More →
Recent Updates
Updated photos covering the east end of I-196 in Grand Rapids with ones taken on July 19, 2026.
2026-08-18 15:06:46
Added photos from 07/18 and 07/19/26 covering both ends of unsigned Interstate 296, from every direction no less. Rescanned the 1978-79 Grand Rapids map on the page and added two other scans others from 1967 and 1968.
2026-08-18 14:29:04
Updated photos covering the west end of Interstate 96 at Norton Shores, Michigan from July 18, 2026. Surprisingly the signage along both directions of U.S. 31 leading to the cloverleaf interchange with I-96 and U.S. 31 Business was unchanged from the 2009 photos previously posted.
2026-08-18 09:57:26
Updated photos covering the east end of Interstate 30 in North Little Rock, Arkansas with ones shot on July 8, 2026.
2026-08-17 16:13:59