There is no such thing as a federal
highway. All highways (interstate, US and state) are state highways built
and paid for by the individual states. States receive federal funding for
various projects and highway construction but the highways are all state built,
owned and maintained.
From the Federal Highway Administration
website (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.htm):
Who
built the Interstate System?
The Interstate System was built under the
principles of the Federal-aid highway program, which was established in
1916. The Federal Government made Interstate Construction funds available
to the State highway/transportation agencies, which built the Interstates.
The federal government would never mandate
one set of standards for some roads and allow different standards for other
roads. It would be too confusing.
Phil
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Millet
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:32
AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:36488] Re:
Contractors resisting metrication (was April 1)
What I also think is funny is the millions that the state DOT's spent
on converting to metric then the millions they're spending now to convert back.
At least in the UK road construction has been metric for years and years. Here
we'll probably end up with some weird hodgepodge where all federal highways are
signed and measured in metric but all state highways remain in miles for say
the next 80 or so years because the states only have to convert when they deem
its acceptable to them.
Mike
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"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
