Our relationship with our roads is something that is distinctly American. The road is interpreted as the American Dream in concrete, or asphalt, if you will. The road system, which includes suburban streets to interstate superhighways is a determinant of American life. The road, in conjunction with the automobile, has transformed American life and has come to be a vehicle for achieving the American Dream. The values and ideas that the road allows for and presents give it status as a symbol alongside the picket fences and the Statue of Liberty.
Roads are more American than the American Revolution itself.
Freedom Freedom, in the context of the American Dream, signifies ability. The ability to pursue the American Dream. As a culture, we value our freedom because it allows us to be independent. We have the freedom to move about as we please. Our highways and byways were built on the premise that an extensive network of roads would unite the nation, as a final statement or assertion of Manifest Destiny, and as a symbol and purveyor of freedom.