Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was landmark U.S. legislation that created the Interstate Highway System, dramatically expanding and modernizing the nation’s road infrastructure.
Aliases (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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transportation legislation → |
| administeredBy |
Federal Highway Administration
→
surface form: "Bureau of Public Roads"
U.S. Department of Commerce →
surface form: "United States Department of Commerce"
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| alsoKnownAs |
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
→
surface form: "National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956"
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| amended | Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 → |
| authorizedSpending | 25000000000 USD → |
| authorizedSpendingPeriod | 1957–1969 → |
| codifiedIn | Title 23 of the United States Code → |
| committeeOfOrigin |
House Committee on Public Works
→
Senate Committee on Public Works → |
| costSharingFormula |
10 percent state
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90 percent federal → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| created | Interstate Highway System → |
| enactedBy | 84th United States Congress → |
| expanded |
Highway Trust Fund
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surface form: "Federal-Aid Highway Program"
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| followedBy | subsequent Federal-Aid Highway Acts → |
| fundingMechanism | Highway Trust Fund → |
| fundingSource |
federal fuel taxes
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taxes on tires and trucks → |
| impact |
contributed to decline of passenger rail service
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facilitated suburbanization in the United States → increased automobile travel → led to displacement of urban neighborhoods → reduced travel times between major cities → stimulated trucking industry growth → |
| laterAdministeredBy | Federal Highway Administration → |
| legalStatus | in force → |
| lengthOfSystemAuthorized | 41000 miles → |
| longTermEffect | transformed U.S. transportation infrastructure → |
| motivatedBy |
Cold War defense concerns
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need for modern high-speed highways → |
| policyArea |
defense
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transportation infrastructure → |
| precededBy | Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 → |
| primaryPurpose | construction of a national system of interstate highways → |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 84-627 → |
| relatedTo |
Interstate Highway System
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surface form: "Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways"
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| resultedIn | large-scale construction of limited-access highways → |
| scope | nationwide highway network → |
| secondaryPurpose | facilitation of national defense mobility → |
| shortTitle | Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 → |
| signedBy | Dwight D. Eisenhower → |
| signingDate | 1956-06-29 → |
| sponsorInHouse | George H. Fallon → |
| sponsorInSenate | Albert Gore Sr. → |
| typeOfProgram | federal-aid matching grant program → |
| yearEnacted | 1956 → |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956"
this entity surface form: "Highway Revenue Act of 1956"
this entity surface form: "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (support and advocacy)"
this entity surface form: "Interstate Highway System"
this entity surface form: "Interstate Highway System"
this entity surface form: "Interstate Highway System"
this entity surface form: "Highway Revenue Act of 1956"
this entity surface form: "Federal-Aid Highway Act amendments"