01-21-2011, 10:26 PM
That's easy. In order to qualify for federal funding to build an interstate highway, it must begin and end at a military installation. So I-1 links the main bases on Oahu. The senator from Hawaii at the time had major influence, and got an exception made just for his constituents.
Interstate highways are not for our convenience, they are to be able to move military materiel.
Interstate highways are not for our convenience, they are to be able to move military materiel.