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Today in Interstate History

June 23, 1964

The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, a part of the Interstate System that carries I-66 over the Potomac River between Virginia and the District of Columbia, was officially opened to traffic. The first vehicles to travel across the 3,026-foot-long bridge were antique automobiles led by a car that carried members of the 26^th president's family.