Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc Do you have some sort of grand universal trivia library at home? Where do you get this stuff? Javier - --- Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net> wrote: > At 05:49 PM 3/9/03 -0800, Martin Howard wrote: > > > >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. > > Martin > > The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the first divided-lane > high-speed road ever > built, dating from a decade before the Autobahns > were conceived. This road > came equipped was all of the attributes you discuss. > By the time the first > Autobahn was constructed, there were probably 25,000 > miles of such roads in > the US. > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html