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That Secret Freeway Patrolled by the Black Helicopters

Odd

This sounds like a few folks being confused by some weird mix of plans for I-69 and the Texas Transportation Corridor. From The Caucus:

Is there a secret plan being hatched by the federal government to construct a NAFTA super-highway from Mexico straight through to Canada, stopping off in Kansas City?

Alongside immigration and Iraq, [...]

Breakdown Lane Usage on Route 128, Canton, Massachusetts

Highways

For this week’s Highway Feature, I thought I’d do something a little different

Route 128 (known as I-95 outside New England) is an overcrowded generally 6-lane urban/suburban freeway between Route 9 and Route 24 during rush hour. Rather than widen the road, the local powers-that-be decided to permit drivers to use the shoulder (the “breakdown [...]

Power Generation on the Highway

Highways

Inhabitat today posted links to a couple of intriguing alternative power generation ideas for readers’ consideration.

First, there’s the idea of mounting windmill-like turbine blades on gantries over freeways, to take advantage of the energy of turbulence generated by fast-moving traffic on the roadway beneath.

Then, there’s the concept of putting wind-turbines in [...]

F.D.R. Drive, New York City

Highways

This week, we’ll go to the east side of New York:

 

You’re looking at the F.D.R. Drive on the east side of Manhattan, at 37th Street, near the portal to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, and just a bit to the south of the U.N.

Construction on the FDR began in the 1930’s, but continued into the 1960’s, with [...]