Translating the American Highway System Into a Subway Map

A month ago the Wire spotted an incredibly intricate rendering of American highways, drawn in the style of a subway map. The work was done by graphic designer Cameron Booth, a Sydney, Australia, native who moved to Portland in 2007. Booth says transit maps are "definitely a passion of mine."

In addition to his day job providing transportation infrastructure designs for Parsons Brinckerhoff, he runs a blog devoted to transit map design. Inspired by the beauty of the London Tube map, Booth completed a metro-style look at the Interstate Highway System in 2009. The map's popularity - it's been viewed nearly 100,000 times on Flickr and included in a book - led to the completion of an even more impressive feat in late 2011: a map of the entire U.S. Highways system.