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transportation as we know it today
got the idea from Hitlers autobahns
(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)
transportation as we know it today
got the idea from Hitlers autobahns
(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
Is it true that one out of five miles is straight so airplanes can land on the Interstates?
No. This is a myth that is so widespread that it is difficult to dispel. Usually, the myth says the requirement came from President Dwight D. Eisenhower or the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. However, no legislation, regulation, or policy has ever imposed such a requirement. Airplanes do sometimes land on Interstates in an emergency, but the highways are not designed for that purpose
transportation as we know it today
got the idea from Hitlers autobahns
(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
transportation as we know it today
got the idea from Hitlers autobahns
(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.
you know, ww2, the big one?
he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.
Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.
91% tax rate for millionaires.
Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.
91% tax rate for millionaires.
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.
you know, ww2, the big one?
he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.
We did not enter WW2 until 1941 December 7. And we had little troop presence until late 42.
...During the late 1920s and early 1930s Eisenhower's career in the peacetime Army stagnated; many of his friends resigned for high paying business jobs. He was assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission, directed by General John J. Pershing, then to the Army War College, and then served as executive officer to General George V. Mosely, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to 1933. He then served as chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, until 1935, when he accompanied MacArthur to the Philippines, where he served as assistant military adviser to the Philippine government. It is sometimes said that this assignment provided valuable preparation for handling the challenging personalities of Winston Churchill, George S. Patton and Bernard Law Montgomery during World War II. Eisenhower was promoted to the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel in 1936 after sixteen years as a major. He also learned to fly, although he was never rated as a military pilot. He made a solo flight over the Philippines in 1937.
Eisenhower returned to the United States in 1939 and held a series of staff positions in Washington, D.C., California and Texas. In June 1941, he was appointed Chief of Staff to General Walter Krueger, Commander of the 3rd Army, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He was promoted to brigadier general in September 1941. Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command and was far from being considered as a potential commander of major operations...
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
Eisenhower would be thrown out of today's Republican Party.
91% tax rate for millionaires.
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
He should have taken the train. Then it would have taken him 3 days, tops.
He actually got the idea from driving on Hitler's autobhans. The interstate highway system is one of the greatest socialist boondoggles of all time.
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
He should have taken the train. Then it would have taken him 3 days, tops.
He actually got the idea from driving on Hitler's autobhans. The interstate highway system is one of the greatest socialist boondoggles of all time.
How so?
transportation as we know it today
got the idea from Hitlers autobahns
(where would this country be without Germans - certainly not on the moon..................)
Actually he created the system because in the 40's as an Army Officer he traveled in a convoy from the east Coast to the West Coast and it took something like 34 days. He learned we needed a system to allow land travel across the Country. And he tied it to National Defense. For every 3 mile stretch when original built a requirement was that one mile be a straightaway with no over passes. This was so that the Interstate could act as an emergency Airfield in case of war.
um, in the 40's he was kinda tied up in europe.
you know, ww2, the big one?
he went cross country in the late teens or twenties.
Interestingly enough, there is (or was originally) an Army storage depot at the intersection of every one of the interstate highways.