Die Bundesstrassen - Stiefkinder des Wirtschaftswunders (1957)

A 1957 TV report about federal highways and freeways that could no longer cope with the ever-increasing traffic. Narrow streets and narrow town centers impede traffic flow. Footage from America shows how traffic problems were solved there. An insight into road construction methods. 03:46 Expansion plan for federal highways and closing gaps in various freeways. The report addresses the problems that arose because road construction had failed to keep pace with motorization for decades. Financing is a question. Comparison with other countries. 07:32 Overburdened roads, repairs, insufficient road widths, and the reasons for these problems. 11:14 Level crossings that hold up traffic, with barriers or just a St. Andrew's cross, but sometimes without barriers or signs, blind crests. 15:35 Construction and maintenance of roads, visit to construction sites for concrete and asphalt roads, bridge construction. +++ 20:10 From this point on, the sound quality is unfortunately very poor, due to the old magnetic tapes. *** 32:00 How is the motor vehicle tax spent? The Federal Ministry of Finance spends more than one billion marks in revenue from motor vehicle tax on things other than transportation. A documentary by Hessischer Rundfunk from 1957 Subscribe to German Television History on YouTube:    / @deutschefernsehgeschichte