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	Interstate highway article - Interstate highway road freeway United States superhighway Federal-Aid Highway - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1974, the maximum speed limit allowed on interstate highways (along with all others in the country) was reduced to 55 mph (89 km/h) as a gasoline conservation measure in response to the 1973 energy crisis.
		Soon after the end of Federal speed limits, the state of Montana ended speed limits for automobile traffic on interstate highways in the state, instead instructing motorists to maintain a "reasonable and prudent" speed on interstates during the daytime hours.
		One potential civil defense use of the Interstate highway system is for the emergency evacuation of cities in the event of a potential nuclear war.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Interstate_highway (1409 words)

	Federal Highway Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.
		FHWA's role in the Federal-aid Highway Program is to oversee federal funds used for constructing and maintaining the National Highway System (primarily Interstate Highways, US Routes and most State Routes).
		FHWA oversees projects using these funds to ensure that federal requirements for project eligibility, contract administration and construction standards are adhered to.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Highway_Administration (235 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Utah may lose highway funds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Federal funds pay 90 percent of the construction costs for new interstate highways and a smaller percentage for other major roads.
		The reductions in federal monies would come at a time when states are coping with the twin budget problems of the recession and higher post-Sept. 11 security costs.
		Because highway projects are paid for over several years, state transportation officials said restoring just $2.7 billion of the $9.1 billion would allow a considerable amount of construction to continue.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,370008931,00.html (701 words)

	Federal Highway Administration Awards
		The Federal Highway Administration has awarded NCEER two grants to support studies on the vulnerability of federal aid highways, bridges and tunnels to earthquakes.
		One is to develop retrofit methods for existing highways and bridges throughout the United States, and the other is to develop design requirements for future highway and bridge construction.
		It will be used to study the earthquake risk to the federal highway system and to develop methods to evaluate existing highway systems and cost-effective retrofit technologies to upgrade deficient systems.
	mceer.buffalo.edu /research/HighwayPrj/bullarticles/Oct92Vol6No4.asp (400 words)

	99-3269 -- Ross v. Federal Highway Administration -- 01/10/2001
		In 1986, federal, state, and local officials began to plan the South Lawrence Trafficway, a highway bypass which was supposed to traverse the south side of Lawrence, Kansas.
		Although the federal government had funded a significant percentage of the trafficway's total coast, relatively little federal money had been spent directly on the eastern segment, which was to be primarily paid for by the state.
		We emphasized that because the federal government's involvement had ended very early in the project, and because the federal monetary contribution had been a very small fraction of the river crossing's expected cost, federal involvement was minimal, and defederalization was permissible.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2001/01/99-3269.htm (1770 words)

	Key Facts about America's Road and Bridge Conditions and Federal Funding
		The Federal Highway Trust Fund was established by the Federal-Aid Highway and the Highway Revenue Acts of 1956 to provide needed revenues to help build and improve the Interstate System and roads and bridges that are eligible for federal aid.
		The Federal Highway Trust Fund consists of a highway account, which receives 15.45 cents per gallon of the gasoline tax, and a mass transit account, which receives 2.85 cents per gallon.
		Data from the Federal Highway Administration, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Bureau of Public Debt, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Texas Transportation Institute, was compiled and analyzed by TRIP, a nonprofit transportation research group based in Washington, D.C. Information is the latest available.
	www.tripnet.org /nationalfactsheet.htm (880 words)

	SCDOT - Inside SCDOT - Highway Policy - Federal Funding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Federal dollars are primarily used for construction and generally cannot be used for maintenance.
		For South Carolina only about 40% of the state-controlled highway system is even eligible for federal highway funds; the other 60% of the roads must be maintained and improved with state dollars alone.
		Each state is required to "match" federal highway funds with state or local funds.
	www.dot.state.sc.us /inside/highwaypolicy/federalfunding.shtml (403 words)

	Federal Highway Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The MUTCD approved by the Federal Highway Administrator is the national standard for all traffic control devices installed on any street, highway, or bicycle trail open to public travel in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 109(d) and 402(a).
		The national MUTCD is specifically approved by the FHWA for application on any highway project in which Federal highway funds participate and on projects in federally administered areas where a Federal department or agency controls the highway or supervises the traffic operations.
		Federal-aid projects for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, or rehabilitation of streets and highways shall not be opened to the public for unrestricted use until all appropriate traffic control devices, either temporary or permanent, are installed and functioning properly.
	www.fightthe55.com /fedgovt/fhwa.htm (489 words)

	Reauthorization of TEA-21: A Primer on Reforming the Federal Highway and Transit Programs
		As noted earlier, the federal highway program suffers from a number of significant leakages that divert the federal fuel tax revenues paid by motorists and truckers to costly and inefficient transportation programs and projects that have little or nothing to do with transportation, such as hiking trails, beautification, historic preservation, federal lands, and covered bridges.
		With federal and state fuel tax revenues perceived as failing to keep pace with rising transportation needs, and with taxpayers increasingly reluctant to support tax increases, particularly those targeted for transportation, some transportation analysts and officials are advocating innovative finance mechanisms as an alternative source of funds for transportation projects.
		Reflecting the federal responsibility for facilitating interstate commerce, the only requirement that might be imposed on a state as part of any turnback plan would be the ongoing maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of those segments of the interstate system within the state.
	www.heritage.org /Research/SmartGrowth/bg1643.cfm (12774 words)

	Encyclopedia: Federal Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Australias National Highway The National Highway is a system of roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia, and is the major network of highways connecting Australias largest and most important cities.
		From 1985 onwards, the Federal Highway is reconstructed to a full 4-lane divided highway standard which was finally completed in 2002.
		Categories: Australian highways This is a list of highways in Australia, listed alphabetically along with its route number and location.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Federal-Highway (386 words)

	Federal Aid Highway Systsem
		Highways included in the NHS (pdf 124 kb) include the Interstate System and other urban and rural principal arterials and highways.
		Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoration, resurfacing and operational improvements for highways and bridges including seismic retrofit and painting and application of calcium magnesium acetate on bridges and approaches and mitigation of damage to wildlife.
		ISTEA also provided for various miscellaneous categories including highway timber bridges for repair of timber bridges, metropolitan planning for funding of the various metropolitan organizations, emergency relief for repair of damages by natural disasters and various other demonstration projects and special allocations made under the Annual Federal Highway Appropriations Bills.
	www.state.nj.us /transportation/eng/documents/procedures/federalaid.shtm (1081 words)

	Federal Highway Administration Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The final rule on Work Zone Safety and Mobility was published in the Federal Register (69 FR 54562) on September 9, 2004 with an effective date of October 12, 2007.
		Join a group of your peers throughout the highway community to discuss, collaborate, and exchange ideas and practices on a wide range of interesting and timely topics on one of the FHWA Knowledge Communities.
		Highways for LIFE is all about building faster, safer, with better quality, less cost, and causing less work zone congestion.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov (972 words)

	97-3240 -- Ross v. Federal Highway Administration -- 11/17/1998
		FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; DAVID GEIGER, in his official capacity as Division Adminstrator, Federal Highway Administration;MARK BUHLER, TOM TAUL, DEAN NIEDER, in their official capacities as County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas; and E. CARLSON, in his official capacity as Kansas Secretary of Transportation.
		The federal nature of the trafficway was so pervasive that the Kansas authorities could not rid the project of federal involvement simply by withdrawing the last segment of the project from federal funding.
		In other words, once the federal government is pervasively involved in every stage of a federal-aid highway project, § 145 does not allow states to withdraw a portion of the project from federal funding consideration with the resulting effect of avoiding compliance with federal environmental laws.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/1998/11/97-3240.htm (4052 words)

	PUBLIC ROADS On-Line (Summer 1996) - Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956: Creating the Interstate System
		However, 1954 was a year in which a new federal-aid highway act would be needed, and from the start, during the State of the Union Address on Jan. 7, Eisenhower made clear that he was ready to turn his attention to the nation's highway problems.
		On April 27, the Federal Highway Act of 1956 passed the House by a vote of 388 to 19.
		It provided that if the secretary of the treasury determines that the balance in the Highway Trust Fund will not be enough to meet required highway expenditures, the secretary of commerce is to reduce the apportionments to each of the states on a pro rata basis to eliminate this estimated deficiency.
	www.tfhrc.gov /pubrds/summer96/p96su10.htm (5395 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- House extends federal highway program amid dispute over funding
		WASHINGTON – The House on Wednesday voted to keep current federal highway programs running for another two months while Republican leaders try to overcome White House resistance to a new bill that would significantly increase federal aid for the nation's crumbling infrastructure.
		The House voted 410-0 for the two-month extension of the 1998-2003 highway and transit spending bill, and the Senate is expected to follow suit before funding authority expires on Friday.
		Federal highway funds are derived from the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents a gallon that drivers pay at the gas pump.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040428-0921-highwayspending.html (581 words)

	Federal Highway Act of 1956
		The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Also known as Federal Highway Act of 1956), authorized the building of highways throughout the nation, which would be the biggest public works project in the nation's history.
		The resulting legislation was the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1938, which directed the chief of the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) to study the feasibility of a six-route toll network.
		Because of the 1956 law, and the subsequent Highway Act of 1958, the pattern of community development in America was fundamentally altered and was henceforth based on the automobile.
	www.classbrain.com /artteenst/publish/article_113.shtml (513 words)

	Road to Ruin: Legacy Highway (UT)
		The estimated cost of the Legacy Highway is $2.8 billion, but based on recent increases in the cost of the highway's first segment, critics believe that the project's overall cost could easily exceed $3 billion.
		State and federal agencies are preparing a Supplemental EIS to address deficiencies in the initial analysis of alternatives and wildlife impacts.
		The highway would damage wetlands that are internationally noted for their biological importance as a habitat and breeding site for three million ducks, 500 wintering American bald eagles, and 11 mating pairs of threatened peregrine falcons.
	www.taxpayer.net /road2ruin/roads/legacyhighway.htm (685 words)

	Highway Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1938 directed the chief of the Bureau of Public Roads (precursor to today's Federal Highway Administration) to study the feasibility of a six-route national toll road network.
		The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, created today's Interstate system and was signed by President Eisenhower on June 29, 1956 in a hospital room without any fanfare.
		Federal Highway Administration, are commonly seen as the fathers of the Interstate system.
	www.eisenhower.utexas.edu /highway.htm (1152 words)

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		FHWA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations The FHWA's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) are based on a series of statutes starting with the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 and are codified at Subchapter B of Chapter III, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
		Given the advent of increasingly higher speed limits posted on both Interstate and other state arterial and collector highways, it is evident that the agencies really have no capability of accurately predicting the failure rates and the associated increased probability of accidents of an 18 percent overload ceiling.
		Yet, the preoccupation of the agencies is not with the projected failure rates and consequent accident risks of an 18 percent tire overload threshold, but with the cost burdens to the industry that result from changing tire types and axles in order to avoid the acute problem of excessive overloading, sometimes 50 to 60 percent.
	www.fmcsa.dot.gov /rulesregs/fmcsr/final/021898.txt (9096 words)

	TEA-21
		Funding for highway and bridge projects comes from a variety of local, state and federal funding sources.
		The federal portion of this funding depends primarily on a multi-year federal highway bill.
		Further detail and up-to-date information federal highway funding programs can be found at the American Road and Transportation Builders Web site and the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Web site.
	www.martinmarietta.com /Investors/fedhwyfund.asp (284 words)

	Time for Congress to End the Regional Inequities in the Federal Highway Program
		Among the many reasons Congress was unable to reauthorize the federal highway program last year was its inability to ensure an equitable regional distribution of federal highway money among the fifty states.
		Largely funded by the federal fuel tax that motorists and truckers pay when they fill their tanks, federal highway spending is distributed to the states according to a complicated mathematical formula that attempts to measure need.
		Under current law, 2.86 cents of the 18.3 cents in federal fuel taxes collected on each gallon of gasoline sold is deposited into a transit account and then allocated to fund transit projects, such as buses, light rail, subways, and so on, around the country.
	www.heritage.org /Research/SmartGrowth/wm645.cfm (950 words)

	FR Doc 05-7210
		The FHWA has recognized that the current regulation is in need of revision to incorporate and clarify past policies as well as accommodate the flexibility allowed by law to enable State and local governments to manage their bridge assets in the most effective manner.
		A team of Federal Highway Administration engineers addressed the comments received and a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was published on June 21, 2004 (69 FR 34314).
		Preventive maintenance activities shall be eligible for Federal assistance under title 23 if the State demonstrates that the activity is a cost-effective means of extending the useful life of a Federal aid highway.
	a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-7210.htm (1513 words)

	Federal highway pork - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - May 30, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The federal government would use fuel tax revenues collected in the Federal Highway Trust Fund to provide 90 percent of the funding, for a total of $25 billion over 13 years.
		It makes no sense to collect federal gasoline taxes from the states, send the money to Washington, pass it through a bureaucratic web of 100,000 workers at DOT and then send it back to the states -- with strings attached -- to complete local projects.
		In the coming days, as congressmen try to hammer out a final highway bill, they should recall the "interstate era," when federal highway funding concentrated on truly national infrastructure projects.
	www.washtimes.com /op-ed/20050529-112413-2553r.htm (825 words)

	Federal Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Federal Highway begins 10km west of Goulburn at the Hume Highway with a grade seperation interchange.
		From there the dual carriageway highway heads south-west, bypasses Collector, continues on around Lake George and climbs up into the ACT where it ends in Canberra.
		The Federal Highway as it descends to Lake George, heading north-east to Goulburn (2001).
	www.hotkey.net.au /~krool/photos/nsw/federalhwy.htm (129 words)

	The Editors on Highway Bill on National Review Online
		Since the job of maintaining our highways falls to individual states, which undertake repairs and improvements within their borders, there is no obvious reason for the federal government to act as a middleman.
		The federal fuel tax could be gradually eliminated and replaced by corresponding increases in state gas taxes.
		Letting the states fund their roadwork directly would deny federal lawmakers the chance to misallocate revenues, and would eliminate the $395 million annual cost of administrating the federal bureaucracy.
	www.nationalreview.com /editorial/editors200505121108.asp (545 words)

	Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(However, legislation passed in 1966 required all parts of the interstate highway system to be at least four lanes with no at-grade intersections regardless of traffic volume.) On June 26, 1956, the Senate approved the bill by a vote of 89 to 1.
		In August 1957, the numbering scheme for the interstate highways was announced and the red, white, and blue interstate shield was unveiled.
		Many of the states had submitted proposals for the shield, but the final version was a combination of designs submitted by Missouri and exas.
	www.eisenhowerbirthplace.org /legacy/ike0005.htm (253 words)

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