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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
....A federal tax would only go to the Interstate. It would do little to repair the nations ailing roads and bridges, most of which are state owned and maintained.....
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Not quite.
The Highway Trust Fund taxes go to the National Highway System...not just the Interstate highways, but numerous others highways, roads and bridges in rural and urban areas.
The National Highway System, while only accounting for a small percentage of total roads, carries most of the traffic that is critical to the economy.
Most of the federal gas tax revenue is dedicated to the Interstate, but $billions go to the states for maintenance of state-administered roads in the National Highway System.