From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's startling to travel over *any* portion of US 66 and imagine how it
must have been to drive it when it was new. And how damned terrifying it
must have been to get passed in the opposing lane by a massive truck
especially given the lack of seat belts, airbags or even really bright
headlights.
The road was incredibly narrow.
Out here it's a frontage road. And in Heinlein's "Waldo", a character is
talking about the now-superceded Pennsylvania Turnpike with nostalgia, "Six
lanes, and as smooth as a baby's bottom." Uncle Bob meant three lanes each
way, not twelve lanes total. I've driven a highway that is (for a few miles)
eight lanes each way.
Pat
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