It approved a plan for the federal government to use federal tax money to build a highway system that connected the states. It was questioned for being unconstitutional but the Feds said it was necessary for national defense to move troops quickly thus making it constitutional for the Feds to build
President Dwight Eisenhower
The interstate highway system was designed to be used as military runways.
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.
helping strengthen our national defense by creating an easier means of transporting people and goods in an emergency.
Late 1950s under president Eisenhower. The full name of the system is "The National Defense and Interstate Highway System".
One effect of the Interstate Highway Act of 1957, was that the act spurred the growth of the suburbs.
One effect of the Interstate Highway Act of 1957, was that the act spurred the growth of the suburbs.
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
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.
President Dwight Eisenhower
The last stretch of the original Federal Highway Act (FAHA) of 1956, interstate 105 in Los Angeles, was finished in 1993.
The major highways are highway 50 highway 99 and highway 101 As well as Interstate 5, Interstate 40, Interstate 15, Interstate 8, and Interstate 80.
it is an interstate
The best way to travel from Nashville Tennessee to Knoxville Tennessee is by Interstate 40.
Interstate Highway 80.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President, signed the bill "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956" into law, paving the way for the country's interstate highway system.
Alaska does not have an interstate highway as an interstate highway requires 4 lane divided road connected at the very minimum state. Alaska is separated from the 48 other states. Thus can not have an interstate highway. Alaska has state highways and it has national scenic routes but are not able to have an interstate highway.