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General Highway History

A Moment in Time: February 2, 1938

By Richard F. Weingroff

The idea of a network of superhighways was discussed long before the Interstate System came about. Often, the vision was of a single straight-as-an-arrow toll transcontinental superhighway, or a network of such highways, and wide right-of-ways...