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| Long title | An Act to provide for scenic development and road beautification of the Federal-aid highway systems |
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| Enacted by | the 89th United States Congress |
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| Public law | 89–285[1] |
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In the United States, highway beautification is the subject of the Highway Beautification Act (HBA), passed in the Senate on September 16, 1965 and in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 8, 1965, and signed by the President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 22, 1965.[2] This created "23 USC 131" or Section 131 of Title 23, United States Code (1965), commonly referred to as "Title I of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, as Amended",[3] and nicknamed "Lady Bird's Bill."[4] It was the pet project of the First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, who believed that beauty, and generally clean streets, would make the U.S. a better place to live.[5]
The act called for control of outdoor advertising, including removal of certain types of signs, along the nation's growing Interstate Highway System and the existing federal-aid primary highway system. It also required certain junkyards along Interstate or primary highways to be removed or screened and encouraged scenic enhancement and roadside development.[2]
- ^ https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-79/pdf/STATUTE-79-Pg1028.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "How the Highway Beautification Act Became a Law". Federal Highway Administration.
- ^ "Section 131 of Title 23, United States Code". scenicflorida.org. June 16, 2006. Archived from the original on June 16, 2006.
- ^ Holley, Joe (July 12, 2007). "Champion of Conservation, Loyal Force Behind LBJ". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ "President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act". HISTORY. A&E Television Networks. January 27, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2020.