trans-continental

“The word trans-continental won’t offend anybody,” he said during a meeting in April 1925.

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

“The word trans-continental won’t offend anybody,” he said during a meeting in April 1925.

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

I find it hard to believe that they would sympathize with Free Soil, Land Grant Universities, let alone subsidizing a trans-continental railroad.

CPAC Warmongering Etc. « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

It is feasible to build, but the effort is major – comparable to building new trans-continental highways.

World’s Largest Solar Project Planned for Saharan Desert | Inhabitat 2009

Recognizing that a trans-continental railway would ramp up westward expansion, the government offered huge incentives to that industry.

The Explainer: Getting from here to there 2011

But if this Congress had been in place 150 years ago, they'd have passed on the telegraph and the trans-continental railroad.

Terry Curtis Fox: First the Jobs, Then the Tax Cut Terry Curtis Fox 2011

Years before The Gold Rush, Sutter's Fort had become world-famous as a first destination and resting place for the pioneering, trans-continental wagon trains.

James Houston discusses Bird of Another Heaven 2010

If it's close, you'll be able to board a trans-continental flight confident you won't run out of juice.

Nifty iPad looks like another hit for Apple 2010

Ceely himself is in the record books as the man who flew the first ever trans-continental auto-pilot flight.

Binky Philips: How About a Spin Around Daytona Speedway, Hoss? Binky Philips 2011

But if this Congress had been in place 150 years ago, they'd have passed on the telegraph and the trans-continental railroad.

Terry Curtis Fox: First the Jobs, Then the Tax Cut Terry Curtis Fox 2011