Just curious, why is the federal taxpayer going to give $8B to rebuild a bridge in Baltimore. A bridge that is apparently covered by insurance.

[Jarlaxle]

US numbered highways are State routes. Route 66 is not a federal highway, it is an interconnected State highway- each section is maintained by the State it's in.

Abject nonsense.

Interstates are the components of the Federal Interstate Highway system that was begun under Eisenhower. Those are the only "Federal Highways".

No,that's wrong.

 

[para bellum]

Abject nonsense.

I looked deeper into that, there are some of the numbered highways that are part of the "National Highway System" which also includes all the Interstates. Those are eligible for federal funding.

No,that's wrong.

All Interstates are federal highways, but there are some federal highways that are not Interstates.

National Highway System (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If you have some explanation why the FSK bridge gets funded 100% and no one else does, I would like to hear it.

 

[Jarlaxle]

I looked deeper into that, there are some of the numbered highways that are part of the "National Highway System" which also includes all the Interstates. Those are eligible for federal funding.

All Interstates are federal highways, but there are some federal highways that are not Interstates.

US highways and Federal, and long predate the Interstates. The signs are a black number in a white shield. In the Midwest, especially, many US highways are essentially HIGHWAYS, in that they're high-speed, limited-access roads.

National Highway System (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If you have some explanation why the FSK bridge gets funded 100% and no one else does, I would like to hear it.

Someone is getting paid off.

 

[para bellum]

US highways and Federal, and long predate the Interstates. The signs are a black number in a white shield. In the Midwest, especially, many US highways are essentially HIGHWAYS, in that they're high-speed, limited-access roads.

Yes, we have those too on the west coast. Many of them have been re-designated or broken up into state routes. In some cases they coexist with the Interstates. OR99 was made from parts of US99 and parts of I-5, when you drive on that segment of I-5 it has signage for both. US830 became State Route 14 in Washington.

None of them around here are limited access. They have combinations of ramps and cross roads, and usually turn into city streets at some point with stoplights and roundabouts, etc.

They have always been built and maintained by the States:
(exceptions being the ones that were designated "National Highway System" under Clinton became eligible for federal funding)

"As the designation and numbering of these highways were coordinated among the states, they are sometimes called Federal Highways, but the roadways were built and have always been maintained by state or local governments since their initial designation in 1926."

United States Numbered Highway System - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org