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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:51:34 GMT, zaphod wrote:
OK, This sounded a little strange to me, but during lunch today with some co-workers, someone asked if I knew of some rules regarding interstate construction. They had heard a bit of trivia that claimed that an interstate highway must have sections that are straight, level, and long enough for a plane to land(at least 1 mile they thought.) I had never heard of such and was wondering if anyone here knows what they were talking about? I have heard something similar. Recall that the interstates were sold to Congress in the 1950s as the National Defense Highway system. I believe it was argued that they could be used to disperse the SAC fleet in time of war. I have no reference to this; it's just something I recall. -- all the best, Dan Ford email (put Cubdriver in subject line) Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com the blog: www.danford.net In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com |
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"Chris" wrote:
"John Galban" wrote in message ups.com... In some european countries, major highways were designed to accomodate military aircraft for use in war time. Switzerland is one country in particular. The same is true for Germany. European highways tend to have the lanes for both directions very close to each other, unlike the US ones with a wide grass area in the middle. In Germany, you often have small bushes (to block oncoming lights) between two guard rails. But on some straight stretches of Autobahn, the middle ground between both directions has been filled in with concrete, and the guard rails there can be disassembled. If you know what you are looking for, it is quite easy to pick out these "ad-hoc runways" as you drive along. Another giveaway: there is never a brigde or cables running across the highway, for obvious reasons. Greetings, Markus |
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zaphod wrote: OK, This sounded a little strange to me, but during lunch today with some co-workers, someone asked if I knew of some rules regarding interstate construction. They had heard a bit of trivia that claimed that an interstate highway must have sections that are straight, level, and long enough for a plane to land(at least 1 mile they thought.) I had never heard of such and was wondering if anyone here knows what they were talking about? c Go to Australia and drive from Adelaide to Perth, and you will find 3 emergency runnways marked on highway 1 for the Royal Flying Doctor to use. They are a few hundred miles apart between Ceduna and Norseman. |
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"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message Ike sold the Interstate Highways as a national defence thing. As was right. One thing learned VERY quickly during the mobilization for WWII was the inefficiency of the logistical/distribution system in the US on a national scale. Railroads alone, while they did a marvelous job, just couldn't keep up. The country up to then was a huge group of local/regional units. The Interstate system was conceived and built for commercial/military trucking and transport. Any other benefit, like personal travel, was ancillary. |
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In article , zaphod writes:
OK, This sounded a little strange to me, but during lunch today with some co-workers, someone asked if I knew of some rules regarding interstate construction. They had heard a bit of trivia that claimed that an interstate highway must have sections that are straight, level, and long enough for a plane to land(at least 1 mile they thought.) I had never heard of such and was wondering if anyone here knows what they were talking about? This gets debated fairly often, concensus is that it is an urban legend, atleast in the States. A repeating vector for this UL is provided by a guy from Harvard named John Stilgoe, a "professor of ordinary things around us". He has several times stated that not only are they designed for landings, but that SAC often practices B-52 landings on Interstates - a notion richly poo-pooed by folks who are in the know regarding all things SAC and B-52 .. He has stated this in an article in the "Smithsonian" a few years back, and also on an interview done by National Publice Radio. The date of the NPR show was July 2 1998. It was available in Real Audio format at www.npr.org, the segment titled "Outside Magic", don't know if it's still there. |
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Ronald Gardner opined
In the cold war days and the start of the interstate system, the plan was to use these areas as a remote deployment site for the military aircraft in the event of an attack. And built into every under/overpass was to be a fallout shelter. As far as I know, only a demo shelter was evre built. Ike sold the Interstate Highways as a national defence thing. zaphod wrote: OK, This sounded a little strange to me, but during lunch today with some co-workers, someone asked if I knew of some rules regarding interstate construction. They had heard a bit of trivia that claimed that an interstate highway must have sections that are straight, level, and long enough for a plane to land(at least 1 mile they thought.) I had never heard of such and was wondering if anyone here knows what they were talking about? c -ash Cthulhu in 2005! Why wait for nature? |
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zaphod wrote:
OK, This sounded a little strange to me, but during lunch today with some co-workers, someone asked if I knew of some rules regarding interstate construction. They had heard a bit of trivia that claimed that an interstate highway must have sections that are straight, level, and long enough for a plane to land(at least 1 mile they thought.) I had never heard of such and was wondering if anyone here knows what they were talking about? It's an urban legend, probably started because Eisenhower liked the idea. It can be easily disproved simply by looking at a large scale map of I-40 or I-81 in mountainous terrain. Check Snopes at http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp George Patterson Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry, and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
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("George Patterson" wrote)
It's an urban legend, probably started because Eisenhower liked the idea. It can be easily disproved simply by looking at a large scale map of I-40 or I-81 in mountainous terrain. Check Snopes at http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21093 (Scroll down for some interesting pics :-) http://makeashorterlink.com/?N2E06234B (One pic from the link) http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5012334B (Oops, there's a tank in our way...) Montblack |
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"Montblack" wrote in message ... ("George Patterson" wrote) It's an urban legend, probably started because Eisenhower liked the idea. It can be easily disproved simply by looking at a large scale map of I-40 or I-81 in mountainous terrain. Check Snopes at http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21093 (Scroll down for some interesting pics :-) http://makeashorterlink.com/?N2E06234B (One pic from the link) http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5012334B (Oops, there's a tank in our way...) Montblack If you are trying to counter what George wrote I have to ask. What do planes in Kosovo have to do with the US interstate highway system? |
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