“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 92

It has been months since I’ve seen my friend Andrew, who is semi-retired from the road business (or, as we say in Texas, “bidness”).

Here’s a little something for him: “Anatomy of a Road”.

Made in the late 1960s or early 1970s (probably 1971) to promote the construction of new highways and the cars that drive them, the ANATOMY OF A ROAD is an unapologetic paean to progress.

“an unapologetic paean to progress”. I like that.

Bonus video: “We’ll Take the High Road”, a 1950s promo film for the Interstate Highway system, brought to you by “The American Road Builders Association”.

I thought I’d check something, and I’m glad I did: the American Road Builders Association was founded in 1902, and is still around (so they are 118 years old). The organization renamed to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association in 1977.

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