Posted on 08/23/2007 1:55:20 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I thought it was fifty, I stand corrected. Though I now think the Indiana legislature may have rocks in there heads. Depending on how much cash they got, a 75 year lease is probably excessive.
Eisenhower was influenced by the Autobahns, but the roots of the Interstate system go back to the late 30’s in the US. The states have always owned and operated them from the passage of the Federal Aid Highway act back in the 50’s.
By coincidence, George Strait owns one bridge...the Golden Gate (at least he implies he does in his "ocean-front property in Arizona" song). But that's part of US 101, not the interstate system.
A long time ago there was an article in The New Yorker magazine (in the pre-Tina Brown days when it was sometimes readable), based on the author's experiences riding around the country in 18-wheelers. I remember that a truckdriver in Pennsylvania told him they had the worst roads of anywhere.
Ok ....
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