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In article <FAIGIN.94Apr14135125@soldan.aero.org>,
Daniel P. Faigin <faigin@aero.org> wrote:

>The original proposal of the highways to be included in the Interstate system
>was submitted in 1947; the Interstate highway system was created in 1944,
>which authorized the initial 40,000 mi of which Calif was allocated 1,938 mi.
>Most of the routes submitted were existing US or state routes (or roughly
>paralleled an existing US or state rte) that the state dept. of highways
>planned on upgrading or rerouting. These routes were submitted by Rte number,
>not name.

Please clarify a point: what is the difference between the 1944
interstate system and the very hghly publicized at the time 1956
interstate highway act that resulted in the red, white and blue
shields? When the 1956 act was publicized we all thought it was
something new. That was the act that seemed to mention 41,000 miles of
autobahnen for the first time.

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