Here’s why there are mysterious giant arrows across the US
In the 1920s, the US government started delivering mail by plane. But planes could only travel during the day. Delivering a letter from coast to coast required a plane and then a train that would travel at night. So the government created the highway of lights, a system of light beacons and large arrows that guided pilots.
1,550 beacons stretched across 18,000 miles. Maintaining this system of giant concrete arrows cost $28 million a year (adjusted for inflation). Before the highway of light it took 83 hours to get a letter across the US. After the system was put into place it took just 33 hours.
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