The Interstate Highway System The history behind the story
Aug 02, 2019
2 minutes
Scott Evans
In June 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a landmark piece of legislation he’d been championing for years. The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, more commonly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, authorized $25 billion (more than $235 billion in today’s money) for the construction of 41,000 miles of interstates over 10 years.
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