National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways_Act
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Federal_Highway_Administration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
gptkbp:authorizedSpending $25 billion
gptkbp:category 1956 in American law
United States federal transportation legislation
gptkbp:citation gptkb:70_Stat._374
gptkb:Public_Law_84-627
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 29, 1956
gptkbp:durationOfFunding 1957 to 1969
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:84th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Highway_Trust_Fund
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
gptkbp:impact enabled rapid military mobilization
facilitated suburbanization
increased automobile use
transformed American transportation
gptkbp:purpose fund construction of the Interstate Highway System
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower_National_System_of_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1944
major infrastructure development in the United States
gptkbp:resultedIn creation of the Interstate Highway System
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5