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:affectedArea gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:National_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways_Act
gptkbp:authorizedSpending $25 billion
gptkbp:category transportation law
infrastructure law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:70_Stat._374
gptkb:Public_Law_84-627
gptkbp:created gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System
gptkbp:duration 13 years
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Highway_Trust_Fund
federal gasoline tax
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
gptkbp:mandate uniform standards for highway construction
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1952
gptkbp:purpose fund construction of the Interstate Highway System
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower_National_System_of_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways
largest public works project in U.S. history at the time
gptkbp:resultedIn economic growth
increased automobile travel
displacement of urban communities
expansion of suburbanization
improved national defense mobility
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
June 29, 1956
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:historic_Route_66_alignment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6