[rescue] My new toy in Laurel MD!

[Bill Bradford]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:28:31PM -0600, Eric Dittman wrote:
> One thing a lot of people don't seem to know is that the US
> Interstate Highway System was built to facilitate the movement
> of military traffic.  We (civilians) get to use it the rest of
> the time, but the roads were built for the military.

More info:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/ndhs.htm

"When President Eisenhower went to Kansas to announce the interstate 
highway system, he announced it as "the National Defense Highway System." 
In 1956 President Eisenhower signed legislation establishing the National 
System of Interstate and Defense Highways (about 41,000 miles of roads). 
Since then, DOD has continued to identify and update defense-important 
highway routes. The National Defense Highway system was designed to move 
military equipment and personnel efficiently"

(more on the site..)

Bill

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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas