What is the oldest freeway?
What is the oldest freeway? In 1939 The Arroyo Seco (Dry Creek) Freeway – now the Pasadena or #110 Freeway – was still being built, but sections were already open to traffic. This early film captures the look of Los Angeles' – therefore California's, therefore the U.S.'s, therefore the world's – first freeway.
Is U.S. 1 the oldest highway?
Once known as Pequot Path, King's Highway, and the Boston Post Road, U.S. Route 1 has paved the way for interstate commerce in the United States. What is now U.S. Route 1 was once colonial America's first highway.