Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1944
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Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:authorizedFunding $500 million per year for three years
gptkbp:category United States federal transportation legislation
1944 in American law
1944 in transport
gptkbp:citation gptkb:58_Stat._838
gptkb:Public_Law_78-521
gptkbp:dateEnacted December 20, 1944
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:providesFor construction of 40,000 miles of interstate highways
gptkbp:purpose authorize federal funding for highway construction
establish a national system of interstate highways
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Program
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System_(early_planning)
gptkb:National_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6