Subject: Re: OT Re: Norway question

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Subject: Re: OT Re: Norway question

Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:34:45 -0500

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

> Those toll roads existed before the Interstate and Defense
> Highway Act was passed in the 1950s. And for those of us who did
> long distance travelling they were a godsend, well worth the toll
> to avoid going through the center of every little village and
> town along the route.
>
> In theory, the tolls were to be dropped at some point and the
> roads made part of the interstate system, but as a practical
> matter it's been hard to do. The toll roads are mostly not state
> highways, but rather "owned" by toll road authorities of one kind
> or another, and they can use the tolls for maintenance, a source
> denied to our otherwise crubling infrastruture.

Then why are they named "Interstate 90", etc.?

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