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November 3, 2009
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The World's 18 Strangest Bridges: Gallery Unique innovations are found all over the world in local bridge designs. |
American History
August 11, 2004
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The Alaska Highway: The Biggest and Hardest Job Since the Panama Canal After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States feared that Alaska was vulnerable to invasion. To allay those fears, the government embarked on a monumental job of road building through some of the most remote and inaccessible terrain in North America. |
AskMen.com
October 24, 2002
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Top 10: North American Scenic Drives Each route that made the list winds through spectacular scenery; beyond that, they share little in common. |
American History
June 2006
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President Dwight Eisenhower and America's Interstate Highway System With the stroke of a pen on June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower set in motion the realization of a long-held dream: the construction of a spectacular system of highways that would tie America together as never before. |
Reason
March 2009
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A Better New New Deal How can we get the most bang for our transportation buck? Here are six ideas for the new president and cash-strapped governors. |
AskMen.com
Terry Baldwin |
Top 10: North American Motorcycle Routes Whether you ride alone, with a partner or with a group, you won't regret putting two wheels to these routes. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Jeff Wise |
Building Canada's Epic Ice Road The truckers who haul 70-ton rigs hundreds of miles across Canada's frozen lakes aren't afraid of much except warm weather. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2006
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Power Trip Seven days, 3000 miles, five skill-testing two-lane roads, A willing copilot and a 505-hp Corvette. The best places to test automobile performance. |
Outside
July 2003 |
Land o' the Free Our ten favorite stretches of American blacktop come with all the essential summer pleasures. So pick your pavement and go. |
Real Travel Adventures
January 2006
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Maui's Magic Mountain And More There's plenty to see and do in this tropical paradise. Reach the top of Haleakala Volcano, have lunch at the Pa'ia Fish Market, or just relax in the historic and charming town of Wailuku. |
High on Adventure
February 2006
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The Road to Hana An estimated 300-500 people drive Maui's 130-mile "historic highway" every day, negotiating 617 hairpin turns and crossing 59 diminutive bridges, 46 of them one lane, and each carrying its own Hawaiian name. |
Outside
July 2007
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Stage Fright Discover the pleasure and pain of pro-caliber climbs with these U.S. mountain monsters. |
Science News
June 4, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knot an Interchange Switching from one busy highway to another can be a logic-defying, heart-stopping endeavor--one that a carefully engineered interchange is meant to ease. |
Wired
November 2001
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The Ultimate Jam Session It takes more than technology to solve the world's traffic problems. While Singapore succeeds with an iron fist, the United States waits for the invisible hand... |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
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Does High-Tech Highway Design Make us Less Safe? Tom Vanderbilt's latest book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), has a recurring theme: Making things safer may actually make them more dangerous. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Linda Baker |
Removing Roads and Traffic Lights Speeds Urban Travel Urban travel is slow and inefficient, in part because drivers act in self-interested ways |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
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Inferno on the Interstate: What Went Wrong? Heavyweight traffic, a slick roadway and a narrow tunnel with a blind curve add up to the big-rig version of the perfect storm. |
