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Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921

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to administer federal-aid highway and direct federal highway construction programs in 11 western states, including Alaska and Hawaii. It provided federal 50–50 matching funds for state highway building up to 7 percent of roads statewide. By the end of 1921, more than $ 75 million in aid had
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for construction purposes and to give the government a clear understanding of which roads in the U.S. were the most important in the event of war. The "Pershing Map" was the first official topographic road map of the United States. From it, the
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An act to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other
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and was the first coherent plan for the nation's future roads. President Warren Harding signed the act into law on November 9, 1921.
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from Maine to Georgia was begun in 1922. By 1923, the roads authorized by the act had been completed.
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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
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Federal act in the United States regarding highway construction
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L. I. Hewes opened the Western Headquarters Office of the
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In 1922, the Bureau of Public Roads commissioned Gen.
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Great Seal of the United States
67th United States Congress
Pub. L.
67–87
Statutes at Large
Stat.
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Warren G. Harding
Pub. L.
67–87
Stat.
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Lawrence C. Phipps
Thomas Harris MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
John J. Pershing
Pershing Map
Appalachian Trail
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Warren G. Harding
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President of the United States
28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
Harding Home
Harding Tomb
The Marion Star
Electoral history of Warren G. Harding

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