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Topic starter
16/12/2023 4:16 pm
Great article at History Facts. I'm betting all of us have been on at least one of these highways. How many have you traveled? Which ones?
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
17/12/2023 1:19 am
A really interesting article, John ! It has a number of facts about our unsurpassed interstate defense highway system.
17/12/2023 9:35 am
Yes, an interesting article, once you beat down all the pop-ups. 😬 😀 😆
Tony Perrone reacted
17/12/2023 10:10 am
How many have you traveled? Which ones?
I've been to, and driven in, all 50 states. Between the time I was discharged from the Army, to driving for 45 years in my profession (with 3 industry employers) to attending conference meetings scheduled by companies that held these meetings in alternating cities over the years, I've traversed the country a lot. When I got out of the Army, at The Presidio of San Francisco in 1968, I drove across country to Philadelphia, purposely criss-crossing as many states as I could. I took in excess of two weeks to get there.
My job saw multiple moves to multiple states and each territory held different states in which I made calls.
Beside winning trips to Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Communist Russia, where I did precious little driving, I also won trips to Alaska and Hawaii. So I was able to say that I drove in all of our states.
Driving through some more sparsely populated western states, like Wyoming and Montana, was a pleasure. Although driving through the two states that are contiguous to 8 other sates (Tennessee & Missouri) the drive can be miserable due to the interstate over-abundance of 18 wheelers.
