National Highway System Designation Act

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The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Pub.L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 568) is a United States Act of Congress that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 28, 1995. The legislation designated about 160,955 miles (260,000 km) of roads, including the Interstate Highway System, as the National Highway System.

Aside from designating the National Highway System, the Act served several other purposes, including restoring $5.4 billion in funding to state highway departments, giving Congress the power to prioritize Highway System projects, repealing all federal speed limit controls, and prohibiting the use of federal-aid highway funds to convert existing signs or purchase new signs with metric units.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ "50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System - Frequently Asked Questions". US Department of Transport. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.htm#question17. Retrieved on 2008-08-23. 

• Department of Transportation article
• The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 on fhwa.dot.gov

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