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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Appanoose County Community Railroad (5242 words) |
 | The Caddo Valley Railroad (CVYR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Glenwood, Arkansas. |
| The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Prescott, Arkansas. |
| The Wisconsin Northern Railroad is a relatively new railroad in Wisconsin. |
| Expressways (990 words) |
| In 1927, the Chicago Plan Commission laid out a system of limited-access highways radiating from the Loop, including a route along Avondale Avenue next to the Chicago and North Western Railway (the route later used for the Kennedy Expressway) that was defeated in a 1928 bond issue vote. |
| Most of the urban routes were built next to railroad embankments, but others were criticized for dividing and blighting neighborhoods. |
| Chicago did pioneer the use of median rapid transit lines, which were built along the Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, and Kennedy expressways. |
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