Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:affects |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Commerce
gptkb:Bureau_of_Public_Roads |
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Public_Law_78-521
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| gptkbp:approvedBy |
construction of 40,000 miles of interstate highways
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
December 20, 1944
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
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| gptkbp:fundedBy |
$500 million per year for three years
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
laid groundwork for the Interstate Highway System
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1940
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| gptkbp:purpose |
authorize federal funding for highway construction
establish a national system of interstate highways |
| gptkbp:section |
gptkb:Title_II:_Highway_Safety
Title I: Federal-Aid Highways |
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Federal_Highway_Act_of_1921
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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