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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, Pub. L. 84–627 was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law.
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952: June 25, 1952, 66 Stat. 158; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954: May 6, 1954, 68 Stat. 70; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act): June 29, 1956, 70 Stat. 374; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958: August 7, 1958; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959: September 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 611
June 29, 1956: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act), Pub. L. 84–627, 70 Stat. 374 July 28, 1956: Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act , Pub. L. 84–830 , 70 Stat. 709
The Interstate Highway System was created on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act into law. Few laws on the books in the United States have the same.
Kansas claims that it was the first to start paving after the act was signed. Preliminary construction had taken place before the act was signed, and paving started September 26, 1956. The state marked its portion of I-70 as the first project in the United States completed under the provisions of the new Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. [24]
The U.S. federal-aid highway program was commenced in 1916, with milestones of Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 and Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. [1] The federal-aid highway system consists of three parts: The Interstate Highway System (FAI routes) The Federal-aid primary highway system (FAP system) is a system of connected main highways ...
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 covered federal spending on highways "after the war", which (after World War II ended in August 1945) meant spending in fiscal 1946, 1947, and 1948. Among the act's provisions were: [8] Creation of a 40,000-mile (64,000 km) National System of Interstate Highways to connect major cities and industrial areas.
In 1900, there were 300 vehicles registered in NJ. By 1918, there were 120,000. In 1920, 20% of American families owned a car - by 1929, it was 60%.