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January 14, 1960
The Glacier Reporter
Browning, Glacier County, Montana
What is this article about?
Editorial from The Montana Oil Journal criticizes proposed $1 billion increase to Federal Interstate Highway System costs for raising bridge clearances to 17 feet to accommodate future missile-carrying trucks, funded by motorists' gasoline taxes.
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$333,333,333 A FOOT
(From The Montana Oil Journal)
The cost of our Federal Interstate Highway System may be
boosted again, to the tune of a billion dollars. The Defense Department
is insisting that all bridges built for the system have a 17-foot
clearance instead of the present minimum of 14 feet. The extra
three feet, it says, are needed to permit passage of future missile
carrying truck beds.
The change, if adopted, will cost about $300 million - and that
is only the beginning. The men in the Pentagon want interstate
bridges already constructed to be enlarged to provide that additional
three feet clearance. Such reconstruction would cost an estimated
$700 million more - for a total of $1 billion, or a third of a billion
dollars per foot!
It is proposed that this money come out of the special highway
trust fund. And where will the additional money for that fund
come from? Presumably out of the pockets of America's motorists,
who already are underwriting the bulk of the fund by paying an
average of 47 cents in state and federal taxes on every dollar's
worth of gasoline they buy
$333,333,333 A FOOT
(From The Montana Oil Journal)
The cost of our Federal Interstate Highway System may be
boosted again, to the tune of a billion dollars. The Defense Department
is insisting that all bridges built for the system have a 17-foot
clearance instead of the present minimum of 14 feet. The extra
three feet, it says, are needed to permit passage of future missile
carrying truck beds.
The change, if adopted, will cost about $300 million - and that
is only the beginning. The men in the Pentagon want interstate
bridges already constructed to be enlarged to provide that additional
three feet clearance. Such reconstruction would cost an estimated
$700 million more - for a total of $1 billion, or a third of a billion
dollars per foot!
It is proposed that this money come out of the special highway
trust fund. And where will the additional money for that fund
come from? Presumably out of the pockets of America's motorists,
who already are underwriting the bulk of the fund by paying an
average of 47 cents in state and federal taxes on every dollar's
worth of gasoline they buy
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Interstate Highway
Bridge Clearance
Defense Department
Missile Trucks
Highway Funding
Gasoline Taxes
Domestic News Details
Outcome
proposed additional cost of $1 billion for bridge modifications, funded by highway trust fund from motorists' gasoline taxes.
Event Details
The Defense Department insists on 17-foot bridge clearances for the Federal Interstate Highway System to allow passage of future missile-carrying truck beds, up from 14 feet, costing $300 million for new bridges and $700 million for reconstructing existing ones.