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		gresrun on Aug 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fishing gear accounts for an alarming amount of pl... It was also built to allow the U.S. Army to rapidly move convoys of trucks, tanks, & materiel around the U.S.[0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_195...

dimitrios1 on Aug 10, 2022 [–]

And also built to allow rapid evacuation of large cities in case of nuclear attack. I think it's lost on a lot of people today just how many things we did in the 50s, 60s, and 70s because we were scared of being bombed.

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