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by MrDunham 1032 days ago
I was going to reply "well, in the US this is law..."

The I stumbled onto this article[1] while looking for evidence to cite. It appears that I've been grossly mistaken.

[1] https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjune-2000/one-mile-...

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I think if they aren't practicing using highways as runways, then they aren't really runways. They might have been designed at some point.

The US using highways never made sense since unlikely to need them, and have a ton of civil airfields that could be used. Using highways makes a lot of sense for Sweden and Finland that are under threat and doesn't have civil aviation.