Editing Interstate H-1 (section)

==History==
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[[Image:H1 freeway 1965.jpg|thumb|right|A 1965 photo of H-1 under construction, looking eastbound, ending at Harding and Kapahulu avenues<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20101021_Situation_determines_where_ambulance_will_bring_patient.html |title=Kokua Line |first=June |last= Watanabe |access-date=November 21, 2010 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}</ref>]]

A set of Interstate Highways serving Oʻahu were authorized by the federal government in 1960, a year after Hawaii was admitted as a state. One of the corridors, connecting Barbers Point to Diamond Head, was designated as H-1 by the [[Bureau of Public Roads]] (now the [[Federal Highway Administration]]) on August 29, 1960.<ref name="FHWA-History">{{cite web |last=Weingroff |first=Richard |title=Interstates in Hawaii: ARE WE CRAZY??? |url=https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/rambler/ask-rambler-interstates-hawaii-are-we-crazy |work=Ask the Rambler |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 19, 1960 |title=Freeways To Be Extended |page=39 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88969133/freeways-to-be-extended/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=November 15, 2021}}</ref> The portion of H-1 that runs through Downtown Honolulu had opened in 1953 as the Mauka Arterial and was incorporated into the new freeway. This section has been largely unchanged since its inception and its design suffers from having too many on/offramps, short distanced onramps, and onramps that enter the freeway almost immediately before an offramp (opposite of current design standards). The 'new' section of H-1 was, however, built to contemporary freeway standards.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

Construction on the first new section of H-1 began in 1963, shortly after alignments were approved for most of the freeway.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 20, 1963 |title=H-1 Part Of Defense Super Trio |page=A12 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89136730/h-1-part-of-defense-super-trio/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 17, 2021}}</ref> The Lunalilo Freeway, already planned by the state government and funded with a 50-percent match from the federal government, was incorporated into plans for H-1 in 1965 following the rejection of five other proposed routings.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 12, 1965 |title=U.S. Names Lunalilo H-1; State To Recoup $23 Million |page=A1 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |agency=[[United Press International]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89137156/us-names-lunalilo-h-1-state-to/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Buchwach |first=Buck |date=January 7, 1964 |title=State To ask Lunalilo Freeway as H-1 Route Through Honolulu |page=A1 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89303163/state-to-ask-lunalilo-freeway-as-h-1/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 20, 2021}}</ref> The westernmost section of H-1 in Makakilo opened on September 29, 1966.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 29, 1966 |title=Ceremony Opens Strip Of New Isle Freeway |page=A18 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89137616/ceremony-opens-strip-of-new-isle-freeway/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 17, 2021}}</ref> The Kapiolani Interchange, opened in October 1967, filled a gap between two sections of the Lunalilo Freeway spanning {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} in Honolulu.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 27, 1967 |title=Interchange speeds cars into usual town jam-ups |page=A4 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89303388/interchange-speeds-cars-into-usual-town/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 20, 1968 |title=By Land, Sea an Air: Putting the Roads on the Show |at=sec. IV, p. 13 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89138650/by-land-sea-an-air-putting-the-roads/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 20, 2021}}</ref> Another gap in H-1 was filled in March 1969 with the opening of {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} between Kunia Road (Route&nbsp;76) and the Waiawa Interchange with H-2.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 20, 1969 |title=Another Stretch of Freeway Opens |page=D18 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89139633/another-stretch-of-freeway-opens/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 20, 2021}}</ref>

The Hawaiian Interstate shields have gone through several changes. Early shields contained the hyphen as per the official designation (e.g., H-1); however, these shields have been updated with the hyphen removed (e.g., H1). As in other states across the contiguous US, early Interstate shields also included the writing of 'Hawaii' above the Interstate route number and below the 'Interstate' writing.<ref>{{cite web |first= Oscar |last= Voss |date= June 2006 |title= Hawaii Road Sign Photos (Page 2 of 3) |url= http://www.hawaiihighways.com/hawaii-road-signs-page2.htm |work= Hawaii Highways |access-date= May 25, 2015}}{{self-published source|date=May 2015}}</ref> While the "Queen Liliʻuokalani" section of H-1 has signs designating it as such (one eastbound at exit&nbsp;1, the other westbound after exit&nbsp;19), there are no similar name signs for the Lunalilo Freeway portion (the remainder of the freeway).<ref name=interstate_guide>{{cite web |url=http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-h-001.html |work=Interstate-Guide |title=Interstate H-1 |access-date=November 24, 2010 |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622033154/http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-h-001.html |url-status=dead }}{{self-published source|date=May 2015}}</ref>