Word: superhighway
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...lighted super-speedways would be effective aerial guides, could quickly be shut off in sections to provide emergency landing fields. But that is not all. The Snyder plan, which would be carried out by the Department of the Interior, calls for a vast airport at each of the 18 superhighway intersections. Nor does Representative Snyder overlook patronage possibilities. He would have the Government let the job to private contractors in sections no less than 10 miles long. Unlike Senator Bulkley, Congressman Snyder would run his superhighways through large cities, where votes are most plentiful. In fact, two of his superhighways...