Shipping Big Iron & Rail Right-Of-Way Abandonment

From: Jeffrey S. Sharp <jss_at_subatomix.com>
Date: Wed Mar 6 02:09:58 2002

On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 01:25:16AM -0500, John Chris Wren wrote:
>
> > I indirectly have a project that involves state highway systems. The
> > Eisenhower interstate system has a rule that 1 out of every 5 miles of
> > interstate must be suitable for landing a military aircraft on (I
> > don't know what model. I think this predated the C-130). There are
> > variations in this rule, depending on airport locales, proximity to
> > cities and military bases, etc. But take a look sometime when you get
> > a little ways out from the city. Straight sections of highway, with no
> > bridges, power lines, tall signs, etc. That's the 1 in 5 mile section.
>
> Urban legend, sorry.
>
> http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzinterstaterunways.htm
>
> http://www.snopes2.com/autos/law/airstrip.htm

Hehe. It's hard to land on something that narrow with even a Cessna 152.

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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss_at_subatomix.com
Received on Wed Mar 06 2002 - 02:09:58 GMT

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