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How the Highway Beautification Act Became a Law

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  • Creators:
    The Rambler
  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
  • Contributors:
    Weingroff, Richard F.
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  • Series:
    FHWA Highway History Website Articles
  • Resource Type:
    Web Document
  • Right Statement:
    Public Domain
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Edition:
    The Rambler
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
  • Abstract:
    In announcing an America the Beautiful initiative in January 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson (D) said: "I want to make sure that the America we see from these major highways is a beautiful America." The cornerstone of the initiative would be the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, which called for control of outdoor advertising, including removal of certain types of signs, along the Nation's growing Interstate System and the existing Federal-aid primary system. It also required certain junkyards along Interstate or primary highways to be removed or screened and encouraged scenic enhancement and roadside development. The Rambler tells the story of the night the act was passed.
  • Content Notes:
    The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.
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