re: #489 HappyWarrior

The modern road system is one of Ike’s best legacies. IT was done for military reasons (in the event of a Soviet invasion) but it was a great thing for our country as the railroad beacme less a factor in American life.

The idea of highways actually predates the IHS, right around the time that governments big and small realized that the automobile was more than just a fad. It got a big boost just before WWI, when the transport of munitions and men by truck began to become a regular thing.