<P> In the April 2 , 1987 , Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act , Congress permitted states to raise speed limits to 65 mph ( 105 km / h ) on rural Interstate highways . In a bill that passed in mid-December 1987 , Congress allowed certain non-Interstate rural roads built to Interstate standards to have the higher speed limits . As of December 29 , 1987 , the states of California , Florida , Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky , and Oklahoma had applied for and been accepted into this program . The program was originally slated to last four years . </P>
<P> In the April 2 , 1987 , Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act , Congress permitted states to raise speed limits to 65 mph ( 105 km / h ) on rural Interstate highways . In a bill that passed in mid-December 1987 , Congress allowed certain non-Interstate rural roads built to Interstate standards to have the higher speed limits . As of December 29 , 1987 , the states of California , Florida , Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky , and Oklahoma had applied for and been accepted into this program . The program was originally slated to last four years . </P>
when did the speed limit change to 65
when did the speed limit change to 65
April 2 , 1987
April 2 , 1987