Interstate Highway Act

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Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Surface_Transportation_Assistance_Act
gptkb:Intermodal_Surface_Transportation_Efficiency_Act
gptkb:Transportation_Equity_Act_for_the_21st_Century
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Eisenhower_National_System_of_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways
gptkbp:controversy environmental impact
safety concerns
maintenance issues
funding disparities
displacement of communities
gptkbp:date_enacted gptkb:1956
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:funding gptkb:Highway_Trust_Fund
gptkbp:goal enhance safety
reduce traffic congestion
improve national defense
gptkbp:historical_significance influenced land use policies
transformed American transportation
facilitated suburbanization
contributed to the decline of rail transport
promoted the automobile culture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Interstate Highway Act
gptkbp:impact stimulated economic growth
increased mobility
changed urban development patterns
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:National_Defense_Act
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:Federal_Highway_Administration
gptkbp:legacy influenced global highway systems
set standards for highway construction
shaped transportation policy in the U. S.
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1982
gptkb:Infrastructure_Investment_and_Jobs_Act
gptkb:National_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways_Act
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1954
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1968
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1973
gptkb:Safe,_Accountable,_Flexible,_Efficient_Transportation_Equity_Act
gptkb:Moving_Ahead_for_Progress_in_the_21st_Century_Act
gptkb:Transportation_Equity_Act_for_the_21st_Century
Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
gptkbp:length_of_highways approximately 47,000 miles
gptkbp:purpose to create a national system of interstate and defense highways
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower_National_System_of_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6