Claim(permalink)
During the Cold War, road signs were posted outside major metropolitan areas warning that specific highways would be closed to civilian traffic in the event of enemy attack.
Factors
veracity
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Date published
2017-08-04
Entities
MarsBaby boomersCivil defenseHighway patrolInterstate Highway SystemNuclear warfareMaterielNew York State AssemblyShort filmCold WarSnopesHarry S. TrumanKing ArthurDwight D. EisenhowerMarylandSoviet UnionBostonMassachusettsFederal Emergency Management AgencyNuclear weaponNorth KoreaSouth KoreaGoogleVirginiaCityEuropean UnionNew York CityUnited StatesChinaCity of ClarenceTraining filmU.S. Route 1GannettGarrett AiResearchTNT equivalentBanjo PatersonOscar RobertsonNew York metropolitan areaKitschThermonuclear weaponAlfredo Ildefonso SchusterReminders (miniseries)Public worksJonathan Archer
