jun 29, 1956 - Federal Highway Act

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This act, signed into law by Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorized the building of highways throughout the nation, which would be the biggest public works project in the nation's history. Popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 established an interstate highway system in the United States.

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