jun 27, 1956 - Federal Highway Act of 1956 (June)

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Eisenhower backed public works project that was bigger than New Deal programs; 1956 - authorized $27 bill plan to build 42k mi of motorways; Eisenhower saw them as imp to National defense, mobilize in case of USSR invasion; Fund construction jobs, speeded suburbanization of uS; Benefitted trucking, automobile, oil, travel industries, took RR/trains of business; Made air quality/energy consumption worse, hurt many cities; Downtowns decline, stopping malls/other leisure sites grow

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