IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 608 
Recognizing the importance of the Interstate Highway System and supporting 
the development of an interstate through southern Ohio. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. TAYLOR submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of the Interstate Highway Sys-
tem and supporting the development of an interstate 
through southern Ohio. 
Whereas, on June 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower 
signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to establish 
a 41,000-mile National System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways, known as the Interstate Highway System; 
Whereas, in 2025, this web of superhighways, now spanning 
a total of 46,876 miles throughout the United States, has 
had a powerful and positive impact on our national life; 
Whereas the Interstate Highway System has proven vital in 
transporting people and goods from one region to another 
speedily and safely; 
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Whereas the Interstate Highway System has brought commu-
nities throughout the United States closer together and 
kept us connected to one another, as well as the larger 
world; 
Whereas the Interstate Highway System remains one of our 
country’s paramount assets as well as a symbol of human 
ingenuity and freedom; 
Whereas the Interstate Highway System is vital to our na-
tional security by ensuring quick transportation for our 
military, equipment, and critical resources; 
Whereas the Interstate Highway System has facilitated trade 
both within our national borders and globally, and helped 
create unprecedented economic expansion and opportuni-
ties for millions of Americans; 
Whereas many areas in Appalachia, including in southern 
Ohio, have faced economic hardships over recent decades, 
an interstate could increase economic opportunities for 
Appalachian communities; 
Whereas the development of an interstate through southern 
Ohio could go directly past the Portsmouth Gaseous Dif-
fusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio; 
Whereas the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and per-
sonnel were an integral part of the United States nuclear 
deterrent during the Cold War; 
Whereas the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is now 
being redeveloped, restored, and reopened for businesses, 
some of which have already started production at the 
site; 
Whereas an American company has started enriching ura-
nium on site, which allows for the United States to be-
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come more energy independent and strengthens national 
security; 
Whereas a leading defense technology company is building an 
advanced manufacturing facility south of Columbus, 
Ohio, as well; 
Whereas these sites, and the entire southern Ohio region, 
could greatly benefit from an interstate going south from 
Columbus, Ohio; and 
Whereas Ohio legislators have already supported a resolution 
to study a future interstate through the region to im-
prove connectivity, safety, and economic growth in the 
State: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of the Interstate 
Highway System; 
(2) recognizes the economic boost and increased 
national security that an interstate could provide to 
a region; and 
(3) supports the planning, designing, and devel-
opment of an interstate in southern Ohio going 
south from Columbus, Ohio. 
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