Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:18 PM 3/9/03 -0700, Tim Atherton wrote: >Marc, > >I'm no expert on the Turnpike, but the Autobahns date from the initial ideas >in Italy and Germany 1920's into the 30's, the system being well underway >and under use by the start of war in 1939 (some 3000km worth by 1938). > >the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as Americas first "Superhighway" in 1940... >somewhat late in the day. Or is there something about the pre-war autobahns >that disqualifies them? The first stretch of the Penna Turnpike opened around 1927. The entire length of the Commonwealth wasn't reached, though, until 1940, by which time the New York thruways and what later became the Ohio Turnpike were under construction, while California had completed some of the Freeways around LA. There is nothing at all wrong with the Autobahn system: it's just that it wasn't the first such system in the world. 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