This is an oft-repeated urban legend, not fact—there was actually never any stipulation that interstate highways have straight stretches for planes to land on. - Admiral Cloudberg - Medium

One of the requirements for interstate highways is that they have stretches that are straight…

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This is an oft-repeated urban legend, not fact—there was actually never any stipulation that interstate highways have straight stretches for planes to land on.

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