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In 1956, The Federal-Aid Highway Act passed which called for the construction of 41,000 miles of highway systems throught the nation. It also allowed for the spending of $26 billion dollars.
-Destruction of homes
-Traffic congestion
-Decline of Railroad
-Pollution
-Bypassing
-Fast travel and delivery
-Job creation
-Tourism
-Automobile Industry
The big issue with this system in the urban areas was the destruction of neighberhoods to build them on. Many of the places demplished where those where a majority of POC lived.
If you are traveling West or East the numbers will go by 10s from South to North.
If you travel North or South the numbers will increase by 10s and end in 5s and increase from West to East.
The highway majors all form a constilation that people in the 50s without GPS were able to navigate by knowing the patterns
Just watch until 00:40
Video broadcasting the benefits of the new HIghway-Act that was passed.