Highways play an important role in making travel easier and more expedient. This is of great assistance whether traveling for work or play as well as travel involving transporting goods. The highway system connects large metropolises and rural communities across the country. Highway systems have made expansion possible, provided a convenient means to travel for more lucrative career opportunities, and allowed businesses to expand and grow nationwide.
Highway transportation is especially important when it comes to the economy. A large number of companies and corporations rely on the expedience of delivery of their goods and/or services over the road in order to compete in the fast-paced business world. Highways provide the quickest route from Point A to Point B, meaning that those who must use this method of delivery will need to utilize the fastest and most direct means of road travel. This is where the highway system becomes very important. Since time equals money the shortest, most direct route will prove to be the most lucrative.