Why Does The Interstate Go Through Mountains And Include Long Straight Stretches?

The interstate was framed as a security problem and a military design. It goes through mountains instead of over them, has long straight stretches so an airplane can land, and is built above surface roads so tanks can travel without decomposing the road.

The Joe Rogan Experience · #1347 - Neil deGrasse Tyson · at 1:22:00 · October 6th, 2026 ·Transcript

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