Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > And who invented the highway (freeway)? > > And who invented the freeway interchange? (spaghetti thing) > I think these are both German inventions, with the advent of the first Autobahn. The separation of traffic flows via a median, an overtake lane (a concept lost on most US drivers), and on and off ramps are all Autobahn firsts, AFAIK, although in the US, the concept was extended upon (particularly through spaghetti interchanges) when the Interstate system was built. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html