The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles (66,000km) of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
The addition of the term "Defense" in the Act's title was for two reasons: First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly, most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson were not connected up in the 1950s, but only somewhat later.
The money for the Interstate Highway and Defense Highways was handled in a Highway Trust Fund that paid for 90 percent of highway construction costs with the states required to pay the remaining 10 percent. It was expected that the money would be generated through new taxes on fuel, automobiles, trucks, and tires. As a matter of practice, the federal portion of the cost of the Interstate Highway System has been paid for by taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel.
National Interstate Defense and Highways Act of 1956
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published: 22 Jul 2020
Highway Hearing 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act
Courtesy Prelinger Archives
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
The film "highway Hearing" was produced by Dow Chemicals, with assistance from the US Bureau of Roads and the Automotive Safety Foundation, to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system of America.
Film synopsis:
After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway. .
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published: 06 Jan 2014
MDOT 100 Moment: 1956 - Federal-Aid Highway Act
Explore the Magnolia state’s infrastructure system over the past 100 years in this video series narrated by Steve Azar.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower secured the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956. This act piloted the interstate highway era while breathing new life into Mississippi’s interstate system and allowed the federal government to provide 90 percent of funds necessary for the construction of interstates. Thank you for tuning in to this MDOT 100 moment.
For the rest of the story, visit GoMDOT.com/MSDOT100.
MDOT would like to thank American singer-songwriter recording artist and Mississippi's very own Steve Azar for providing his voice talents to the “MDOT 100 Moment” video series. For more information about Steve Azar, visit www.steveazar.com
published: 31 May 2016
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published: 09 Nov 2020
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
The addition of the term "Defense" in the Act's title was for two reasons: First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly, most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson...
published: 26 Oct 2015
How highways wrecked American cities
The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.
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The 48,000 miles of interstate highway that would be paved across the country during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s were a godsend for many rural communities. But those highways also gutted many cities, with whole neighborhoods torn down or isolated by huge interchanges and wide ribbons of asphalt. Wealthier residents fled to the suburbs, using the highways to commute back in by car. That drained the cities' tax bases and hastened their decline.
So why did cities help build the expressways that would so profoundly decimate them?
The answer involves a mix of self-interested industry groups, des...
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Courtesy Prelinger Archives
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small ...
Courtesy Prelinger Archives
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
Courtesy Prelinger Archives
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
The film "highway Hearing" was produced by Dow Chemicals, with assistance from the US Bureau of Roads and the Automotive Safety Foundation, to garner support fo...
The film "highway Hearing" was produced by Dow Chemicals, with assistance from the US Bureau of Roads and the Automotive Safety Foundation, to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system of America.
Film synopsis:
After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway. .
CharlieDeanArchives - Archive footage from the 20th century making history come alive!
The film "highway Hearing" was produced by Dow Chemicals, with assistance from the US Bureau of Roads and the Automotive Safety Foundation, to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system of America.
Film synopsis:
After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway. .
CharlieDeanArchives - Archive footage from the 20th century making history come alive!
Explore the Magnolia state’s infrastructure system over the past 100 years in this video series narrated by Steve Azar.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower secured...
Explore the Magnolia state’s infrastructure system over the past 100 years in this video series narrated by Steve Azar.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower secured the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956. This act piloted the interstate highway era while breathing new life into Mississippi’s interstate system and allowed the federal government to provide 90 percent of funds necessary for the construction of interstates. Thank you for tuning in to this MDOT 100 moment.
For the rest of the story, visit GoMDOT.com/MSDOT100.
MDOT would like to thank American singer-songwriter recording artist and Mississippi's very own Steve Azar for providing his voice talents to the “MDOT 100 Moment” video series. For more information about Steve Azar, visit www.steveazar.com
Explore the Magnolia state’s infrastructure system over the past 100 years in this video series narrated by Steve Azar.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower secured the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956. This act piloted the interstate highway era while breathing new life into Mississippi’s interstate system and allowed the federal government to provide 90 percent of funds necessary for the construction of interstates. Thank you for tuning in to this MDOT 100 moment.
For the rest of the story, visit GoMDOT.com/MSDOT100.
MDOT would like to thank American singer-songwriter recording artist and Mississippi's very own Steve Azar for providing his voice talents to the “MDOT 100 Moment” video series. For more information about Steve Azar, visit www.steveazar.com
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D....
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
The addition of the term "Defense" in the Act's title was for two reasons: First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly, most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson were not connected up in the 1950s, but only somewhat later.
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
The addition of the term "Defense" in the Act's title was for two reasons: First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly, most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson were not connected up in the 1950s, but only somewhat later.
This video is targeted to blind users.
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The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.
Subscr...
The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.
Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
The 48,000 miles of interstate highway that would be paved across the country during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s were a godsend for many rural communities. But those highways also gutted many cities, with whole neighborhoods torn down or isolated by huge interchanges and wide ribbons of asphalt. Wealthier residents fled to the suburbs, using the highways to commute back in by car. That drained the cities' tax bases and hastened their decline.
So why did cities help build the expressways that would so profoundly decimate them?
The answer involves a mix of self-interested industry groups, design choices made by people far away, a lack of municipal foresight, and outright institutional racism.
Read more on Vox: https://www.vox.com/2015/5/14/8605917/highways-interstate-cities-history
And see before-and-after maps of how highways changed cities like Cincinnati, Detroit, and Minneapolis: https://www.vox.com/2014/12/29/7460557/urban-freeway-slider-maps
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com
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The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.
Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
The 48,000 miles of interstate highway that would be paved across the country during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s were a godsend for many rural communities. But those highways also gutted many cities, with whole neighborhoods torn down or isolated by huge interchanges and wide ribbons of asphalt. Wealthier residents fled to the suburbs, using the highways to commute back in by car. That drained the cities' tax bases and hastened their decline.
So why did cities help build the expressways that would so profoundly decimate them?
The answer involves a mix of self-interested industry groups, design choices made by people far away, a lack of municipal foresight, and outright institutional racism.
Read more on Vox: https://www.vox.com/2015/5/14/8605917/highways-interstate-cities-history
And see before-and-after maps of how highways changed cities like Cincinnati, Detroit, and Minneapolis: https://www.vox.com/2014/12/29/7460557/urban-freeway-slider-maps
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com
Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
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Courtesy Prelinger Archives
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956
The film "highway Hearing" was produced by Dow Chemicals, with assistance from the US Bureau of Roads and the Automotive Safety Foundation, to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system of America.
Film synopsis:
After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway. .
CharlieDeanArchives - Archive footage from the 20th century making history come alive!
Explore the Magnolia state’s infrastructure system over the past 100 years in this video series narrated by Steve Azar.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower secured the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956. This act piloted the interstate highway era while breathing new life into Mississippi’s interstate system and allowed the federal government to provide 90 percent of funds necessary for the construction of interstates. Thank you for tuning in to this MDOT 100 moment.
For the rest of the story, visit GoMDOT.com/MSDOT100.
MDOT would like to thank American singer-songwriter recording artist and Mississippi's very own Steve Azar for providing his voice talents to the “MDOT 100 Moment” video series. For more information about Steve Azar, visit www.steveazar.com
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
The addition of the term "Defense" in the Act's title was for two reasons: First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly, most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson were not connected up in the 1950s, but only somewhat later.
This video is targeted to blind users.
Attribution:
Article text available under CC-BY-SA
Creative Commons image source in video
The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.
Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
The 48,000 miles of interstate highway that would be paved across the country during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s were a godsend for many rural communities. But those highways also gutted many cities, with whole neighborhoods torn down or isolated by huge interchanges and wide ribbons of asphalt. Wealthier residents fled to the suburbs, using the highways to commute back in by car. That drained the cities' tax bases and hastened their decline.
So why did cities help build the expressways that would so profoundly decimate them?
The answer involves a mix of self-interested industry groups, design choices made by people far away, a lack of municipal foresight, and outright institutional racism.
Read more on Vox: https://www.vox.com/2015/5/14/8605917/highways-interstate-cities-history
And see before-and-after maps of how highways changed cities like Cincinnati, Detroit, and Minneapolis: https://www.vox.com/2014/12/29/7460557/urban-freeway-slider-maps
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com
Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles (66,000km) of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
The addition of the term "Defense" in the Act's title was for two reasons: First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly, most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson were not connected up in the 1950s, but only somewhat later.
The money for the Interstate Highway and Defense Highways was handled in a Highway Trust Fund that paid for 90 percent of highway construction costs with the states required to pay the remaining 10 percent. It was expected that the money would be generated through new taxes on fuel, automobiles, trucks, and tires. As a matter of practice, the federal portion of the cost of the Interstate Highway System has been paid for by taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel.
Federal aid, federal aid, we hear it all the time. But it's not really federal aid because the money is yours and mine. The money is yours and mine. I read in the papers, in real big print, about a sugar coated speech, made by our president. With federal aid he thinks he'll win our trust. But federal aid, hell, the money belongs to us. He puts taxes on this, and taxes on that, just any kind of tax to keep the government fat. He says he's gonna give us federal aid or bust. But federal aid, hell, the money belongs to us. Federal aid, federal aid, we hear it all the time. But it's not really federal aid because the money is yours and mine. The money is yours and mine. He started a new program, the anti-poverty school. I think it's a good idea, nobody wants to be a fool. Now he says he's running short of funds, and that ain't no joke. But it ain't the government that's hurtin', it's us that's going broke. Now if we could just keep most of the money we've made, there wouldn't be much reason to have federal aid. Now I believe in helping the poor, I think it's a must. when it's not federal aid, hell, the money belongs to Federal aid, federal aid, we hear it all the time. But it's not really federal aid because the money is yours and mine. The money is yours and mine. Now why should the president take all the credit, when the money we donate is what makes up his debit? Each time a disaster strikes our great land, federal aid takes the credit for lending a hand. Now, I'd like to think that my dollar helped out, and so would everyone else, without any dobut. Cause it's really our money we place in their trust. So federsl aid, hell, the money belongs to us. Federal aid, federal aid, we hear it all the time. But it's not really federal aid because the money is yours and mine. The money is yours and mine. The money is yours and mine. The money is yours and mine.