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Chris -- 2018-04-11
It’s natural to analogize traffic to a fluid and roads to pipes; in Boston, we call the main highway through town the “Central Artery.’ About 300 ghits:
The adventure quickly begins on a Nebraska turnpipe.
artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Penthouse_Hustlers/
If I could fly from there on a magic carpet ride, I’d head down the Jersey Turnpipe, and I’d stop at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park …
www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=1097
1760-70 started the major road improvements as the turnpipe trusts came to existence.
www.ieg.ee/keith/docs/HISTORY/RAIL-CAN.htm
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