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Researched1924-1956 · Machine Age (1900 – 1945)

Energy & Industry / Transport & Mobility

Motorways & Interstates

Roads without crossings, built for cars only, start with Italy's autostrada (1924) and Germany's Cologne-Bonn road (1932) and grow into the US Interstates.

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Grade-separated motorways allow fast, safe, long-distance car and truck travel. They shaped suburbs and logistics in the twentieth century.

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