highways
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The ‘Petro-Masculinity’ of This Weekend’s Trump Highway Rallies
This weekend, highways from Texas to Kentucky to New Jersey were overrun with Trump-supporting caravans. They tried to run a Joe Biden campaign bus off the road, held up traffic, shut down a bridge, and generally pissed people off and intimidated them. It’s perfectly emblematic of the Trump era, particularly the seamless blend of fossil…
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Australia Is Building One Of The World’s Longest Electric Highways
Australia is taking the electric car revolution one step further by announcing a $4 million super-long electric highway, or a series of fast charging electric vehicle stations.
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That Time New York City Wanted To Put Highways On Top Of Its Skyscrapers
Some might say New Yorkers had more money than sense in the Roaring Twenties. Somewhat profoundly, John K. Hencken’s idea to build highways on top of skyscrapers in Manhattan required both. Bummer about that stock market crash — otherwise these elevated boulevards might have been built! Emphasis on the might have.
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Humble Rest Stops Are Endangered Monuments Of America’s Highways
All along America’s open highways are the sight of rest stops — lonesome, and often odd, miniature roadside parks that dot the landscape. Photographer Ryann Ford is on a mission to document these architectural emblems.