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The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
The Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 was signed into law by President of the United States Gerald Ford on January 4, 1975. [1] Among other changes, the law permanently implemented a national 55-mph speed limit (which had already been a temporary limit) for the Interstate Highway System.
I beg your indulgence while I wax geezerish for a moment: In 1973, when the oil crisis hit, the nation responded by paying irrational prices for higher-mileage cars, took up riding bicycles and ...
$10 million for a high-speed bus transportation program between Washington, D.C., and Dulles International Airport. A requirement that the state of Virginia issue a draft environmental impact statement regarding the construction of Interstate 66 by October 1, 1974. That the District of Columbia construct the Three Sisters Bridge over the ...
Motorists in this area began feeling the energy crunch pinch in late February 1974 – just in time for the national 55 mph speed limit.
Question: Something that has not made sense to me since I started driving (49 years ago) is the apparent discrepancy in the posted speed limit (for example 50 mph) and the cautionary speed signs ...
Writing for Hagerty, Rob Sass argues that the era ended between 1985—when American commercial sports cars such as the Ford Mustang and Buick Regal reached the 200 hp mark again—and 1987, when the U.S. national speed limit was raised from 55 mph (89 km/h) (a fuel-saving measure enacted in 1974 [64]) to 65 mph (105 km/h). [63]
City streets are 25 mph, county roads are 50 mph, and state highways are 60 mph. That’s the starting point, but you’ve driven on roads with other speed limits.