Federal Highway Administration
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Federal Highway Administration |
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| State level | Federation |
| position | Highway Authority |
| Supervisory authority | United States Department of Transportation |
| founding | October 15, 1966 |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
| Authority management |
Administrator : Nicole R. Nason |
| Servants | 2799 (as of FY 2019) |
| Budget volume | $ 44.5 billion (as of FY 2019) |
| Web presence | www.fhwa.dot.gov |
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is part of the United States Department of Transportation , which is responsible for the network of trunk roads. She supports both the state governments and local authorities in the planning, construction and maintenance of the highways and is responsible for ensuring that they are in a technically perfect and safe condition. Financial and technical assistance is provided through two programs: the Federal Aid Highway Program , which is responsible for national highways, and the Federal Lands Highway Program , which is responsible for highways on state-owned land and in tribal-administered areas.
history
In 1893 the Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) was founded. In 1905 the name of the authority was renamed the Office of Public Roads (OPR) and this was assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture . The name was changed to the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) in 1915 and to Public Roads Administration (PRA ) in 1939 , which now changed to the Federal Works Agency . When this was dissolved in 1949, the name changed back to Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) and the department moved to the Department of Commerce .
The Federal Highway Administration was created on October 15, 1966 and took over the functions of the Bureau of Public Roads on April 1, 1967 .
From 2011 the Every Day Counts Initiative was put into practice. The framework program is intended to reform US road construction by 2020.
tasks
As part of the Federal Aid Highway Program , the FHWA monitor the use of out of the Highway Trust Fund derived fuel tax funds for construction and maintenance of the national road network. These include the Interstate Highways , the United States Highways, and most of the State Routes . The FHWA decides whether the individual projects are worthy of support, monitors their implementation and compliance with building standards .
As part of the Federal Lands Highway Program , the FHWA plans and builds roads for various other state agencies that administer public land, such as the United States Forest Service or the National Park Service .
In addition to the above programs, the FHWA conducts research in the areas of road safety , traffic jams and road construction technology . The FHWA also participates in the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), which with the help of technology transfer centers makes the research results available to the local authorities.
The FHWA is the publisher of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), which defines the appearance of traffic signs , traffic lights and lane markings . The tasks of the FHWA also include keeping road traffic statistics.
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.fhwa.dot.gov Administrator, accessed May 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b U.S. Department of Transportation, Budget Estimates, Fiscal Year 2019, Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 30, 2020 . (pdf)