1956 – President Eisenhower signed legislation establishing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (about 41,000 miles of roads). Since then, DOD has continued to identify and update defense-important highway routes.
1981 – As DOD designated agent for the Highways for National Defense Program, the Military Traffic Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency (MTMCTEA) prepared a comprehensive update of these defense-important routes, formally identified as STRAHNET.
January 1991 – MTMCTEA updated STRAHNET in MTMC Report SE 89-4b-27, Strategic Highway Corridor Network. The update was based on quantifiable DOD highway requirements and computer modeling techniques.
December 1991 – The Inter-modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) incorporated a “strategic highway network” and “major strategic highway network connectors” as an integral part of the National Highway System.
July 1994 – MTMCTEA re-validated STRAHNET to confirm the importance of the designated routes.
November 1995 – The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104- 59) provided for inclusion of STRAHNET and important STRAHNET connectors in the 160,955-mile National Highway System (NHS).
February 1998 – MTMCTEA identified the highway routes between the 17 Power Projection Platform installations and their respective ports.
November 1999 – MTMCTEA published the STRAHNET Atlas on the MTMCTEA website at www.tea.army.mil/pubs/strahnet.htm. The Atlas combines the STRAHNET State maps and individual Connector maps for the installations and ports into one document.
1994 – 1999 – MTMCTEA continued to update STRAHNET as needed in coordination with the military installations, military Services, ports, State transportation departments, and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Since 1999 – MTMCTEA continues to work with FHWA and the State transportation departments in confirming the designation of STRAHNET and STRAHNET Connectors routes in the National Highway System.
Strahnet Connectors:
March 1985 – MTMCTEA published MTMC Report TE 82-4b-29, STRAHNET Connector Atlas. The report documented the first systematic evaluation of the connecting roads between
STRAHNET and the origins and destinations for defense traffic. It included 31 Army installations and 21 related ports.
November 1985 – MTMCTEA published MTMC Report TE 85-4b-24, STRAHNET Connector Atlas, 2nd Edition. The report documented Connector routes for 111 installations (all services) and 30 ports.
May 1988 – MTMCTEA published MTMCTEA Report SE 86-4b-19, STRAHNET Connector Atlas, 3rd Edition. The report documented Connector routes for 223 installations (all services) and 32 ports.
September 1991 – MTMCTEA published MTMCTEA Report SE 89-4b-59, STRAHNET Connector Atlas, 4th Edition. The report documented Connector routes for 382 installations (all services) and 30 ports.
December 1991 – The Inter-modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) incorporated a “strategic highway network” and “major strategic highway network connectors” as an integral part of the National Highway System (NHS).
November 1995 – The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104- 59) provided for inclusion of STRAHNET and important STRAHNET connectors in the 160,955-mile NHS.
November 1999 – MTMCTEA published the STRAHNET Atlas on the MTMCTEA website at www.tea.army.mil/pubs/strahnet.htm. The Atlas combines the STRAHNET State maps and individual Connector maps for the installations and ports into one document.
1991- 1999 – MTMCTEA continued to update the Connector maps as needed in coordination with the military installations, military Services, ports, State transportation departments, and FHWA.
Since 1999 – Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency (SDDCTEA, formerly MTMCTEA) continues to work with FHWA and the State transportation departments in confirming the designation of STRAHNET and STRAHNET connector routes in the National Highway System.
