The August 3 , 1958 Chicago Tribune ran thisCloser Than We Think!strip , demostrating the machinelike main road construction of the time to come . Something very interchangeable to this appears in the May 14 , 1958 Disneyland TV episodeMagic Highway , U.S.A ..
Tomorrow ’s turnpike will “ flow ” out of jumbo machines like magic ribbons across the countryside . The canonic equipment is already in existence ; only a few improvements are postulate .
The forward-moving department of such a road - detergent builder would be a variant of the new jungle - smashing LeTourneau “ tree diagram - crusher ” combined with a grader . The middle section would pour concrete in a never - ending flow , with the rear helping flush the still soft pavement . A line of freight rate eggbeater would be on helping hand to feed the behemoth with the cloth necessary to keep it displace across any type of country .
See also : Disney ’s Magic Highway , U.S.A. ( 1958)Closer Than We Think ! ( 1958 - 1963 )
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