In June 1956, Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 into law. Under the act, the federal government would pay for 90 percent of the cost of construction of Interstate Highways. Each Interstate Highway was required to be a freeway with at least four lanes and no at-grade crossings.
Birth of the US Interstate Highway System
Dec 30, 2021
The Interstate Highway System killed off much of the old Route 66, where actors Marty Milner and George Maharis drove their Corvette from 1960 to 1964 in the CBS series “Route 66”.