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Quick Answer. The first major city in the United States to pave its streets was Newark, New Jersey, in 1870. Prior to this, asphalt pavement was only used for sidewalks and crosswalks in the United States. Washington, D.C., became the second U.S. city to add paved streets soon after Newark. Continue Reading.
This story originally appeared in the July 2014 issue of mental_floss magazine. Subscribe to our print edition here, and our iPad edition here. At the turn of the 20th century, American roads were chaos. Drivers didnât need a license, lane lines didnât exist, and stop signs hadnât yet been invented. When the first official stop sign did appear in Detroit, in 1915, it was small, white, and square, nothing like the red octagon we know today.