In the months before Eisenhower put pen to paper and ushered in the era of sprawl and long-distance commutes, numerous articles were written about his vision. Some even using the same terms to describe his idea as they use for the health care debate of today. Popular Science, which has covered the cutting edge of technology from printed circuit boards then to plug-in cars today, did a story on these proposed "super highways" for their May 1956 issue.
U.S. Plans 40,000-Mile 'Road to Everywhere' (http://books.google.com/books?id=SS0DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=RA1-PA43&dq=Dream%20Cars%20for%20Dream%20Highways&lr=&as_brr=1&pg=RA1-PA40#v=twopage&q=&f=false)
I was fortunate that my grandfather had saved several issues of this magazine and gave them to my father years ago. This article was on my website in PDF form back in 2006 during the 50th anniversary of the signage of the Federal Highway Act.
Love the fact that Daytona Beach is listed on that map, instead of Miami or maybe Tampa. :biggrin:
that is one awesome magazine. Man, people today are all hosers and don't know how to build chainsaws in their backyard out of old toaster oven parts.
Quote from: florida on September 24, 2009, 11:08:42 PM
Love the fact that Daytona Beach is listed on that map, instead of Miami or maybe Tampa. :biggrin:
Same with Portland instead of Seattle.
--Andy
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 24, 2009, 11:31:47 PM
that is one awesome magazine. Man, people today are all hosers and don't know how to build chainsaws in their backyard out of old toaster oven parts.
I thought so too. Especially the article after the Interstate one on 'New in Aviation' with the brand new KC-135 air refueling planes (I used to fly on those where most of the airplanes were older than I was).
--Andy