re: #444 Killgore Trout

Nice catch. You’re right. I thought it was one of FDR’s public works things.

The first move was the National Interregional Highway Committee.

Also look here:

nationalatlas.gov

Fallon and Gore’s father were also supporters.

On Jan. 5, 1956, in his State of the Union Address, the president renewed his call for a “modern, interstate highway system.” At first glance, prospects for bipartisan agreement on the highway program seemed slim in 1956, a presidential election year. But changes had been occurring that would turn the situation around in 1956.

Because the Senate had approved the Gore bill in 1955, the action remained in the House. Fallon introduced a revised bill, the Federal Highway Act of 1956, on Jan. 26, 1956. It provided for a 65,000-km national system of interstate and defense highways to be built over 13 years. The Federal share would be 90 percent or $24.8 billion. Increased funding would be provided for the other Federal-aid highway systems as well.