Throwback Thursday: Millions Spent on Unused Highway, Bridges

In 1986, the Federal Highway Administration spent $21.4 million — almost $58 million in 2022 dollars — on unused roads and bridges in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.

For this wasteful spending, Sen. William Proxmire, a Democrat from Wisconsin, gave a Golden Fleece Award to the FHA.

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