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Interstate highways are owned/operated/maintained by the states. The federal government can (attempt to) influence what happens along them, but it's not going t
by __derek__ 4y ago
Interstate highways are owned/operated/maintained by the states. The federal government can (attempt to) influence what happens along them, but it's not going to build anything itself.
- sokoloff 4y agoThe reason we had a standardized 55 mph speed limit and 21 as the drinking age was via federal interstate highway funding being made contingent on those things.
- __derek__ 4y agoRight, "the federal government can (attempt to) influence what happens along them." Of course, that particular brand of influence has waned in recent decades for obvious reasons.