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Line 8: ==History and background== At the end of [[World War II]], growth in aviation and in the Washington metropolitan area led [[Congress of the United States\|~~U.S.~~ Congress]] to pass the Washington Airport Act of [[1950]], providing federal backing for a second airport. The current site was selected by President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in [[1958]]. Civil engineering firm Ammann and Whitney was named lead contractor. The main buildings of the airport were designed by famed Finnish architect [[Eero Saarinen]]. The first new airport of the [[jet engine\|jet]] age, many of its architectural features were experimental at the time.

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