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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, Pub. L. 84–627 was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–87; 87 Stat. 250) is legislation enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law on August 13, 1973, which provided funding for existing interstate and new urban and rural primary and secondary roads in the United States.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-495; 82 Stat. 815) is legislation enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law on August 24, 1968, which expanded the Interstate Highway System by 1,500 miles (2,400 km); provided funding for new interstate, primary, and secondary roads in the United States; explicitly applied the environmental protections of the Department of ...
The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]
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
The Interstate Highway Act was passed in 1956 and I-496 was planned as an urban highway that would connect freeways and provide a corridor between downtown and Michigan State University.
The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–59 (text), 109 Stat. 568, COMPS-1425) is a United States Act of Congress that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 28, 1995. The legislation designated about 160,955 miles (259,032 km) of roads, including the Interstate Highway System, as the NHS.
Legislation dictating how a future expansion of Interstate 27 will be named passed the U.S. House last week, marking another win for the Ports-to-Plains Corridor.