On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:36:31 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Bob" wrote

When the US Interstate Highway system was being designed and
constructed in the 1960s, a feature of the design was that at least
one in every five miles of roadway would be straight and suitable for
use by military aircraft in the case of extreme unpleasantness with
the Soviets.

I had heard that, and I believe I had also seen that this is not the case.
I could not find anything one way or the other.

Do you happen to know of a citation from some authority that says what you
stated?

Seems Google isn't my friend after all...

Sounds like the Air Force wanted something along these lines, but it
didn't get done in the end.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/turner.htm

Scratch another urban myth. I'll go wash my brain out with soup.

Bob ^,,^