The "Lee Highway" and the White House
http://io9.com/#!5746413/the-american-autobahn-of-1925-wouldve-run-next-door-to-the-white-house
http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2011/01/superbad-ideas-superhighway-through-the-center-of-washington-dc.html
It's amusing to see how undeveloped DC was then for folks to even think of putting a six lane highway through the very center of it with little concern, (I am curious how a six lane highway is to handle Washinton Circle, regardless). What I begin to suspect is that this is one of those instances where someone who hadn't the foggiest idea of what they were talking about, just started drawing lines on a map.
http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2011/01/superbad-ideas-superhighway-through-the-center-of-washington-dc.html
It's amusing to see how undeveloped DC was then for folks to even think of putting a six lane highway through the very center of it with little concern, (I am curious how a six lane highway is to handle Washinton Circle, regardless). What I begin to suspect is that this is one of those instances where someone who hadn't the foggiest idea of what they were talking about, just started drawing lines on a map.
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