#InterstateHighways
#OTD in 1960
Cover of The New Yorker, May 21, 1960
Arthur Getz
#TheNewYorkerCover #ArthurGetz #highway #highwayconstruction #NYThruway #InterstateHighways
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‘Major Deegan Expressway of new-type concrete saves New Yorkers 25,000 hours each day!’
Portland Cement Association. *The Saturday Evening Post*, September 10, 1960
#PortlandCement #InterstateHighways #motorways #NewYorkCity #MajorDeeganExpressway #concrete
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
not long ago, coworkers and I wrote this big picture summary of #MplsStPaul #regionaldevelopment over the last 60+ years metrocouncil.org/News-Events/...

Main pts:
1. starting ~1960 #InterstateHighways TRIPLED #MplsStPaul metro's accessible (~30 mins) land supply
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July 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
#OTD in 1960
Cover of The New Yorker, May 21, 1960
Arthur Getz
#TheNewYorkerCover #ArthurGetz #highway #highwayconstruction #NYThruway #InterstateHighways
May 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
April 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
‘Major Deegan Expressway of new-type concrete saves New Yorkers 25,000 hours each day!’
Portland Cement Association. *The Saturday Evening Post*, September 10, 1960
#PortlandCement #InterstateHighways #motorways #NewYorkCity #MajorDeeganExpressway #concrete
September 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
In #SEPTEMBER 1961
‘When you need a control system, remember. . . AE CAN DO - remote control expressway traffic, for instance . . .’
Automatic Electric. September 1961.
#trafficcontrol #trafficmanagement #motorways #InterstateHIghways
September 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This new pattern of America’s growth must be nourished and sustained by good communications. ...’
#GeneralTelephoneSystem
*The Saturday Evening Post*, Sept 21, 1957
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #DomLupo #telecommunications #InterstateHighways
September 21, 2026 at 8:21 AM
By offering 90% of the funding, states jumped on the bandwagon and abandoned plans for toll highways.’
(www.pahighways.com/toll/PATurnp...)
#interstatehighways #motorways #highwaydevelopment #DwightDEisenhower
June 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Goodyear. ATA Foundation. Illustrator unknown.
*The Saturday Evening Post*, October 8, 1955
#interstatehighways #highwayconstruction #heavyequipment #Goodyear #ATA #trucking #trucking
October 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In #SEPTEMBER 1961
‘When you need a control system, remember. . . AE CAN DO - remote control expressway traffic, for instance . . .’
Automatic Electric. September 1961.
#trafficcontrol #trafficmanagement #motorways #InterstateHIghways
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This new pattern of America’s growth must be nourished and sustained by good communications. ...’
#GeneralTelephoneSystem
*The Saturday Evening Post*, Sept 21, 1957
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #DomLupo #telecommunications #InterstateHighways
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
By offering 90% of the funding, states jumped on the bandwagon and abandoned plans for toll highways.’
(www.pahighways.com/toll/PATurnp...)
#interstatehighways #motorways #highwaydevelopment #DwightDEisenhower
June 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
… & always worked that way: I clearly recall US #InterstateHighways with gaping crevices so big that motorcycles, cars & 18-wheel transport could be flipped during The #WBushYears

There is a reason #USRoads only last long enough for the next #election: bribes
the roads were a nightmare, by county
a person standing in a puddle with the words explore natural wormhole written above them
ALT: a person standing in a puddle with the words explore natural wormhole written above them
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Holiday PSA from Topology. 🎁 Please think twice before gifting someone an interstate highway system this holiday season.

#adoptdontshop #interstatehighways #happyholidays #njplanners #njplanningfirm
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM