the federal aid highway act of 1956

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.

It was the 1956 Eissenhower administration legislation properly called the Federal-Aid Highway Act which authorized the construction of 40,000 miles of interstate highways in the US.

The Interstate Highway System was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 - popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 - on June 29

The Federal Highway Aid Act of 1956 and the GI Bill (also known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act) helped transform American life in the 1950s.