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Monday, 19th November 2007 by James Turnbull
When the American Eisenhower interstate system was constructed it was a specific requirement that one in every five of the 46,837 miles of road had to be kept perfectly straight. The idea was that during times of war the roads could be used as emergency runways, negating the need for more airports. Sadly, urban legend website Snopes debunks this as totally unsubstantiated codswallop. A similar story is told in the…
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