The state statutes are analyzed and compared to ascertain the types of statutes the states have enacted to ensure their state's ability to participate in the benefits made available by federal-aid highway legislation. Statutes which pertain to the interstate system, federal-aid secondary roads, railway-highway crossings, public utility relocation, and other aspects of federal highway aid are analyzed. Assent statutes are discussed and evaluated.

This document contains the texts of those portions of Federal law pertaining to the Federal Highway Administration. These include relevant portions of the Department of Transportation Act; 23 of the United States Code, "Highways"; the Federal-Aid Highway Acts; Title 33 of the United States Code, Navigation and Navigable Waters' (i.e. those sections pertaining to bridges); Title S, "Government Organization and Employees"; and Title 18, "Crimes and Criminal Procedure".