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Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

Index Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. [1]

66 relations: Autobahn, Bill (law), Connecticut, Controlled-access highway, Delaware, Democratic Party (United States), Diesel fuel, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Federal Highway Administration, Gasoline, George Hyde Fallon, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Highway Trust Fund, Illinois, Indiana, Interstate 294, Interstate 30, Interstate 355, Interstate 44, Interstate 64, Interstate 65, Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey), Interstate 77, Interstate 80, Interstate 87 (New York), Interstate 88 (Illinois), Interstate 90, Interstate 94, Interstate 95, Interstate Highway System, Kansas, Kentucky, Lincoln Highway, Local-express lanes, Mackinac Bridge, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (state), Ohio, Ohio River Bridges Project, Ohio Turnpike, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Virginia, President of the United States, Public works, Richmond, Virginia, ..., San Francisco, Tax, Texas, Title 16 of the United States Code, Title 23 of the United States Code, Toll bridge, Toll road, Transcontinental Motor Convoy, United States Army, United States Department of Transportation, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, White House, World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Expand index (16 more) »

Autobahn

The Autobahn (plural) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany.

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Bill (law)

A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated.

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Delaware

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern region.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Diesel fuel

Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines, whose fuel ignition takes place, without any spark, as a result of compression of the inlet air mixture and then injection of fuel.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.

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Gasoline

Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

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George Hyde Fallon

George Hyde Fallon (July 24, 1902 – March 21, 1980), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 4th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1971.

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Highway Trust Fund

The Highway Trust Fund is a transportation fund in the United States which receives money from a federal fuel tax of 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel fuel and related excise taxes.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Interstate 294

Interstate 294 (I-294) is a tolled Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois.

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Interstate 30

Interstate 30 (I-30) is a Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States.

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Interstate 355

Interstate 355 (I-355), also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and tollway in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Interstate 44

Interstate 44 (I-44) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States.

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Interstate 64

Interstate 64 (I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States.

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Interstate 65

Interstate 65 (I-65) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States.

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Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)

Interstate 76 (I-76) is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running about 434 miles (700 km) from an interchange with I-71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to I-295 in Bellmawr, New Jersey.

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Interstate 77

Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States.

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Interstate 80

Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental limited-access highway in the United States that runs from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

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Interstate 87 (New York)

Interstate 87 (I-87) is a Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the main highway between New York City and Montreal.

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Interstate 88 (Illinois)

Interstate 88 (I-88) is a tolled Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that runs from an interchange with I-80 near Silvis and Moline to an interchange with I-290 and I-294 in Hillside, near Chicago.

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Interstate 90

Interstate 90 (I-90) is a transcontinental freeway, and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at.

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Interstate 94

Interstate 94 (I-94) is an east–west Interstate Highway connecting the Great Lakes and northern Great Plains regions of the United States.

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Interstate 95

Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast and U.S. Highway 1, serving areas from Florida to Maine.

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Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America.

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Local-express lanes

The local-express lane (also called collector–distributor lanes within a single interchange) system is an arrangement of carriageways within a major highway where long distance traffic can use lanes with fewer interchanges compared to local traffic which use 'local' or 'collector' lanes that have access to all interchanges.

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Mackinac Bridge

The Mackinac Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Maine

Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Ohio River Bridges Project

The Ohio River Bridges Project was a Louisville metropolitan area transportation project involving the reconstruction of the Kennedy Interchange (locally known as "Spaghetti Junction"), the completion of two new Ohio River bridges and the reconstruction of ramps on Interstate 65 between Muhammad Ali Boulevard and downtown.

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Ohio Turnpike

The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a, limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor to Chicago and Pittsburgh.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Public works

Public works (or internal improvements historically in the United States)Carter Goodrich, (Greenwood Press, 1960)Stephen Minicucci,, Studies in American Political Development (2004), 18:2:160-185 Cambridge University Press.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Tax

A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or other legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Title 16 of the United States Code

Title 16 of the United States Code outlines the role of conservation in the United States Code.

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Title 23 of the United States Code

Title 23 of the United States Code outlines the role of highways in the United States Code.

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Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or "toll") is required to pass over.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Transcontinental Motor Convoy

The Transcontinental Motor Convoys were early 20th century vehicle convoys, including three US Army truck trains, that crossed the United States (one was coast-to-coast) to the west coast.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the U.S. government concerned with transportation.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956

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