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kleinbl00  ·  2369 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I suddenly wondered why I-50/I-60 don't exist

    All made possible by Eisenhower who was ashamed of the sorry state of the US surface transportation network and awestruck by the German Autobahns.

More accurately, he freaked out about the logistical nightmare of mobilizing troops and armor from one coast to the other and, having done it as a truck driver in 1919, knew that 59 freaking days was far too long of a mobilization time should a border need to be defended.