Autobahns were a pretty good idea, one that Ike grabbed onto in starting the Interstate Highway System.
Hitler built the Autobahn’s because of his romantic fascination with the old Roman roads. He even defined fascism as “a spontaneous return to the traditions of Rome.” He believed the Autobahn’s could help bring back the Greco-Roman empire under firm Nazi control. The autobahn’s were built so tanks and military equipment could be quickly dispatched to any border very quickly. Eisenhower did not build the freeway system in America with these ideas in mind.
Made for a great song by Kraftwerk.