(Mr. Bush talked about how much more he was spending on building highways, and skipped the usual part of his standard speech about reining in spending.)

Pennsylvania, which temporarily ruined its credit in building highways in the inflationary 1970's, likes the idea of private developers taking the risk.

Journal: The beginning of building highways (Početak rada na autoputu)

State and industry officials say they worry whether closing quarries will raise the price of the crushed stone used in building highways.

The first prison industry produced bricks Beginning in 1903, New Mexico became the first western state to employ prisoners in building highways.

Since it came into power, the Communist government initiated a large effort into building highways that extend across China and beyond its borders.

The construction giant, Grupo Tribasa, which has a big chunk of its business in building highways, reported a 64 percent slide in earnings.

Because the cost of building highways through Appalachia's mountainous terrain was high, the region's local residents had never been served by adequate roads.

They're in the business of building highway and transportation systems, he said.

This has led to the proliferation of toll roads (turnpikes) as the new method of building limited-access highways in suburban areas.