While legislation for public highways first appeared in 1916, with revisions in 1921, until Congress enacted an even more comprehensive version of the act in 1925, the government had not executed its plan for national highway construction. The original inspiration for a roadway between Chicago and Los Angeles was planned by entrepreneurs Cyrus Avery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and John Woodruff of Springfield, Missouri. The pair lobbied the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) for the creation of a route following the 1925 plans.