(redirected fromU.S. Interstate Highway System) In′terstate High′way Sys`tem n. a network of U.S. highways, begun in the 1950s, connecting the 48 contiguous states and most cities with populations above 50,000. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries...
Interstate Highway System, a network of public highways established across the United States by federal law. Though highways existed in the United States before the creation of the Interstate Highway System, the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of
Eisenhower and his staff worked for two years to get the world's largest public works project approved by Congress. On June 29, 1956, the Federal Aid Highway Act (FAHA) of 1956 was signed. Interstates, as they would be known, began to spread across the landscape. Requirements for Each ...
Heeding his call, Congress passed the 1962 Federal-Aid Highway Act later that year, the first such legislation to make federal highway aid contingent on metropolitan transportation planning. This article traces the roots of the 1962 planning mandate through the development of research and techniques...
Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act, which attempts to limit billboards and other forms of outdoor advertising, as well as with junkyards and other unsightly roadside messes, along America's interstate highways. The act also encouraged "scenic enhancement" by funding local efforts to ...
Most ICC control over interstate trucking was abandoned in 1994, with its powers having been transferred to the Federal Highway Administration and the newly createdSurface Transportation Board(both under the auspices of the Department of Transportation). The Commission was subsequently shut down in 1995...
Congressional Hearings, Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970 "Sullivan's lament for Inner Belt reopens sore highway subject", Boston Globe, Jan 22, 1999 (Thanks to Steve Anderson and Ron Newman for the clip) "The State of Urban Expressway Construction", New York Times, Feb. 15, 1970. ...
Interstate Highway System (redirected fromInterState Route) Acronyms In′terstate High′way Sys`tem n. a network of U.S. highways, begun in the 1950s, connecting the 48 contiguous states and most cities with populations above 50,000.