Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:National_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways_Act
gptkbp:authorizedFunding $25 billion
gptkbp:category 1956 in American law
United States federal transportation legislation
gptkbp:created gptkb:Highway_Trust_Fund
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 29, 1956
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:fundedBy 1957 to 1969
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
gptkbp:impact transformed American transportation infrastructure
gptkbp:influencedBy military defense considerations
gptkbp:providesFor 41,000 miles of interstate highways
gptkbp:purpose fund construction of the Interstate Highway System
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System
largest public works project in U.S. history at the time
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1958
gptkbp:taxesImposed federal gasoline tax increase
gptkbp:title gptkb:Public_Law_84-627
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4