Our highways, they're all wrong.

**Rain Man** · 07-09-2007, 06:26 PM

I'm recognizing that if you drive from the east coast to the west coast, or vice versa, on a big road trip, you're destined to spend part of your day driving into the sun. That's just poor planning.

How about this instead? Diagonal highways, going northeast to southwest and southeast to northwest.

Yeah, I know it would be a bummer if you're traveling somewhere like St. Louis to Kansas City, but the net effect would cancel out against thos people who are going from Dallas to Denver. Overall, it's all the same, and you don't have to squint as much.

I think you could make a pretty good highway system with the following major highways:

NE to SW Major Routes

Hwy 1 from Boston to New Orleans
Hwy 2 from Cleveland to Dallas
Hwy 3 from Chicago to Albuquerque
Hwy 4 from Minneapolis to Los Angeles

NW to SE Major Routes

Hwy 5 from San Francisco to San Diego
Hwy 6 from Portland to Houston
Hwy 7 from Seattle to Savannah
Hwy 8 from Milwaukee to Miami

Anyone want to help me get started?

07-09-2007, 06:32 PM

I'm just waiting for the poll. I love me a good poll.

**Rain Man** · 07-09-2007, 06:34 PM

There's no poll on this one, because I'm sure I'm right.

07-09-2007, 06:37 PM

This thread is worthless without a poll. Sorry.

DenverChief · 07-09-2007, 06:42 PM

I suppose it would make an invasion by the Chinese difficult too

Seattle to Orlando?

Pierce · 07-09-2007, 06:43 PM

I'll help.

**Smed1065** · 07-09-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm just waiting for the poll. I love me a good poll.

Too EZ.

ArrowheadHawk · 07-09-2007, 06:46 PM

how bout instead of redoing the whole highway system we just use our visor or sunglasses?

**Rain Man** · 07-09-2007, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierce

I'll help.

Cool. I'm thinking we start with Hwy 5.

**Rain Man** · 07-09-2007, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk

how bout instead of redoing the whole highway system we just use our visor or sunglasses?

But that's the whole point! We wouldn't NEED sunglasses or visors!

DenverChief · 07-09-2007, 07:00 PM

Augusta to San Diego? I think we should use a lettering system this time too

**Rain Man** · 07-09-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DenverChief

Augusta to San Diego? I think we should use a lettering system this time too

I think Augusta could be a feeder, but I think you'd have to start in a bigger city. I think it would be less efficient to make the Bostonians go out of their way than the Augustans.

If you built that road, it would be pretty busy, I imagine. You might want to make it 12 lanes the whole way, with the fast lane at 200 mph.

|Zach| · 07-09-2007, 07:03 PM

JohninGpt · 07-09-2007, 07:04 PM

I want a highway rolled up and mounted on the front of my truck. I could go ANYWHERE!

DenverChief · 07-09-2007, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I think Augusta could be a feeder, but I think you'd have to start in a bigger city. I think it would be less efficient to make the Bostonians go out of their way than the Augustans.

If you built that road, it would be pretty busy, I imagine. You might want to make it 12 lanes the whole way, with the fast lane at 200 mph.

Oh like this?

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Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-632449 VARSITY	Our highways, they're all wrong. I'm recognizing that if you drive from the east coast to the west coast, or vice versa, on a big road trip, you're destined to spend part of your day driving into the sun. That's just poor planning. How about this instead? Diagonal highways, going northeast to southwest and southeast to northwest. Yeah, I know it would be a bummer if you're traveling somewhere like St. Louis to Kansas City, but the net effect would cancel out against thos people who are going from Dallas to Denver. Overall, it's all the same, and you don't have to squint as much. I think you could make a pretty good highway system with the following major highways: NE to SW Major Routes Hwy 1 from Boston to New Orleans Hwy 2 from Cleveland to Dallas Hwy 3 from Chicago to Albuquerque Hwy 4 from Minneapolis to Los Angeles NW to SE Major Routes Hwy 5 from San Francisco to San Diego Hwy 6 from Portland to Houston Hwy 7 from Seattle to Savannah Hwy 8 from Milwaukee to Miami Anyone want to help me get started?
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