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Larks sang in the spring sky and the shaky-legged lambs frisked in the German fields. In some of the smashed beer houses were broken pianos, drums, brass horns. But the most fascinating thing in sight was the rolling ribbon of the Autobahn -the four-lane superhighway connecting Frankfurt am Main and the Ruhr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, WESTERN FRONT: Pistol to Flank | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

Centering upon original research work of the 100-odd students in the School of Design, the project will concern the various aspects of an ultra-modern town development known as a "string-town," so called because it would be constructed in an elongated fashion along an interurban superhighway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRADUATE SCHOOLS TO STUDY TOWN OF FUTURE | 3/28/1940 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: More Roads | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

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