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This 5 page paper discusses the Interstate Highway Act of 1956, which created the highway system. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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sweeping legislation, had both good and bad consequences. This paper discusses the impact of the act on the United States. Discussion The idea behind the Interstate Highway Act was to
link major cities; it was also undertaken during the Cold War, and there was some idea that major highways would provide a way for people to escape the cities in
case of attack.1 Construction of the interstate highways was the "largest public words expenditure in United States history."2 Although it took several decades before the system was complete, it had
an "immediate impact on American life," contributing to the growth of the suburbs, as well as increasing dependence on oil and making automobiles the main mode of transportation in the
nation.3 The interstate highways also contributed to the rise of the trucking industry and the death of the railroads, which are arguably a more efficient form of transporting freight.4 Other
negative impacts include increased air pollution and increased fatalities due to motor vehicle accidents.5 "To help maintain the highways, the Interstate Highway Act established an excise tax on gasoline."6 The
interstates are odd numbered if they run north and south (I-5 from California to Washington); even numbered if they run east-west (I-8 across California to Arizona for example).7 Before the
interstate highway system was built, the cities were strong and vibrant; most of the jobs were in the urban areas and the surrounding countryside was largely agrarian and economically secondary
to the earning power of the metropolitan areas.8 This would all change with the coming of the interstates. One of the effects of the highway construction was the way
in which the highways carved up the cities; this practice "generally divided once cohesive neighborhoods into segregated districts, separated by the impassible highway arteries."9 The highways were built toward "foci
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