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 09:46 PM 3/9/03 -0800, Henning Wulff wrote: >The Autobahn in Germany got its start with the establishment of an >organization in 1926 called HaFraBa for 'Hamburg - Frankfurt - Basel' >who's purpose was to build a road for high speed traffic between >those cities. The inspiration came largely from the earlier (1924) >Autostrada from Milano to the Lombardy lakes. The Italiens built a >number of high speed roads with few curves and no level crossings, >but at that time not divided. The German Autobahnen as constructed in >the early thirties were divided as well, and had travel plus passing >lanes and interchanges that foreshadowed the spaghetti interchanges. Thanks, Henning, for setting out the details so completely! 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