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Federal Highway Act
It was the largest public works program in American History
It toke over 10-year to construct the Interstate Highway System.
It costed $25 billion to construct the International Highway Act.
This act was passed to make travel more efficient and Create a better road way for truckers.
The Interstate Highway System is more then 40,000 miles long.
It was approved by the Senate. they voted 89 to 1.
President Eisenhower got the idea for the Federal Highway Act while in Germany.
The construction employed tens of thousands of workers.
By the 1990's, thanks to the highway system Trucks moved over 6 billion tons of good.
The Interstate Highway system stretched from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico.
The interstate allowed people to commute long distance from home to work.
Along the interstate cheap hotel chains, roadside convenience stores and fast food restaurants developed.
