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The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
For 13 years (January 1974 [6] –April 1987 [7] [8]), federal law withheld Federal highway trust funds to states that had speed limits above 55 mph (89 km/h). [7] From April 1987 to December 8, 1995, an amended federal law allowed speed limits up to 65 mph (105 km/h) on rural Interstate and rural roads built to Interstate highway standards.
The Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 was signed into law by President of the United States Gerald Ford on January 4, 1975. [1] Among other changes, the law permanently implemented a national 55-mph speed limit (which had already been a temporary limit) for the Interstate Highway System.
I beg your indulgence while I wax geezerish for a moment: In 1973, when the oil crisis hit, the nation responded by paying irrational prices for higher-mileage cars, took up riding bicycles and ...
A new 45-mph speed limit sign stands alongside northbound Route 29 near East Stevenson Avenue just south of Rome. The speed limit was recently decreased from 55 mph from Stevenson to about a ...
The Interstate had a 75 mph speed limit and was through mostly deserted Indian territory. ... I was going 85 mph on a state highway with a 55 mph speed limit. I think I was in a hurry to get home ...
Urban districts by default are posted at 30 mph (48 km/h). Outside of the municipal limits, two-lane state and federal highways have a speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) unless otherwise posted, and 2 lane county roads have a speed limit of 45 mph (72 km/h) unless otherwise posted.
As Idaho Statesman reporter Rachel Spacek reported, a local family is trying to get the speed limit dropped along Eagle Road from 55 mph, which they say is dangerous and, coupled with left-turn ...