 President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 which provided $75 million (equivalent to $ in ) in federal money in 50–50 matching funds to the states for improving up to six percent of their statewide roads over a five-year period.By 1914, Nebraska had three major highways, the Meridian Highway, the Lincoln Highway and the Omaha–Lincoln–Denver (OLD) Highway.While, overall, these highways were in good shape, as they progressed west, they deteriorated into deeply rutted trails.