[BwanaNdege]

And what I said contradicted what? ;-)

"I remember reading that the ‘interstates’ was an idea first suggested during WWII and that Ike was merely furthering the idea."

[jjotto]

I believe it was done under the guise of national defense to shortcut state sovereignty and to prevent common law right-of-way applying to it.

There was a time when the feds worried about such things.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“I remember reading that the ‘interstates’ was an idea first suggested during WWII and that Ike was merely furthering the idea.”

OK, OK! Am I allowed to rephrase?: I remember reading that the ‘interstates’ was an idea first suggested by Ike during WWII in and for the USA and that Ike was merely furthering his idea.....which is what I actually meant initially. ;-)