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An act to amend and supplement the Federal Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1956, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide additional revenue from taxes on motor fuel, tires, and trucks and buses; and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) FAHA: Nicknames
The U.S. federal-aid highway program was commenced in 1916, with milestones of Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 and Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. [1] The federal-aid highway system consists of three parts: The Interstate Highway System (FAI routes) The Federal-aid primary highway system (FAP system) is a system of connected main highways ...
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952: June 25, 1952, 66 Stat. 158; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954: May 6, 1954, 68 Stat. 70; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act): June 29, 1956, 70 Stat. 374; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958: August 7, 1958; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959: September 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 611
Upon entering the Korean War military readiness became a concern and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 increased funding for the highways to this end. President Eisenhower was a strong advocate for a national highway system, and his administration successfully pushed for further expansion in the Federal-Aid Highway Acts of 1954 and 1956. [11]
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921; Federal Aid Road Act of 1916; Federal Airport Act of 1946; Federal Aviation Act of 1958; Federal Employers Liability Act; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973; Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974; Federal-aid highway ...
6.2.41 Texas. 6.2.42 Utah. 6.2.43 Vermont. ... 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, ... Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For the first time since Roe v.Wade was overturned, Texas women who were denied abortions testified in a court Wednesday of carrying babies they knew would not survive and ...
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 authorized $550 million for the Interstate Highway System on a 50–50 matching basis, meaning the federal government paid 50% of the cost of building and maintaining the interstate while each individual state paid the balance for interstate roads within their borders.