As the landmark 1916 law expired, new legislation was moved forward—the Federal Highway Act of 1921. This new road construction initiative once again provided for federal matching funds for road construction and improvement, although now on the far more generous basis of $75 million annually.[6] Moreover, rather than leaving road building decisions up to the states themselves, this new legislation for the first time sought to target these funds to the construction of a coherent national road grid of interconnected "primary highways."[6]
The Bureau of Public Roads asked the Army to provide a list of roads it considered necessary for national defense.[7] In 1922 General John J. Pershing, former head of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during the war, complied by submitting a detailed network of 200,000 miles of interconnected primary highways—the so-called Pershing Map.[6]
A boom in road construction followed throughout the decade of the 1920s, with such projects as the New York parkway system constructed as part of a new national highway system. As automobile traffic increased, planners saw a need for such an interconnected national system to supplement the existing, largely non-freeway, United States Numbered Highways system. By the late 1930s, planning had expanded to a system of new superhighways.
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HArding is remembered for Scandal & an' unexplained' death.
But- compared to Bill clinton- his sex escapades seem 'mionor' - his return of the USA to economic prosperity out of its psot war depression- ignored.
Was he America's most 'unfairly rated' president?
The Bureau of Public Roads asked the Army to provide a list of roads it considered necessary for national defense.[7] In 1922 General John J. Pershing, former head of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during the war, complied by submitting a detailed network of 200,000 miles of interconnected primary highways—the so-called Pershing Map.[6]
A boom in road construction followed throughout the decade of the 1920s, with such projects as the New York parkway system constructed as part of a new national highway system. As automobile traffic increased, planners saw a need for such an interconnected national system to supplement the existing, largely non-freeway, United States Numbered Highways system. By the late 1930s, planning had expanded to a system of new superhighways.
From Wikipedia
HArding is remembered for Scandal & an' unexplained' death.
But- compared to Bill clinton- his sex escapades seem 'mionor' - his return of the USA to economic prosperity out of its psot war depression- ignored.
Was he America's most 'unfairly rated' president?