What did people drive in....

I highly doubt that anyone likes to look at interstates.They are not attractive or scenic.Personally, I get disappointed when I drive through a city for the first time and all I see are freeway walls.However, after a few decades, I think it's kind of cool to look at old freeway photos and see now-classic cars back when they were newer and ordinary commuter tools instead of the rare,potentially collectible pieces of history they are now. Texas ("The Big Hat State") is pretty generous with their freeway history, as numerous pictures have been posted.I have collected a sampling of them.This will answer the question nobody asked, "what did people drive in Texas during the 1960s and 1970s?"

Austin, 1977.Quite a few Fords and Chevrolets.Nowadays this freeway would be full of imports.There is a BMW 2002 on the left, but thats about it. Mostly Detroit-made chrome.My favorite is the AMC Pacer near the top right, barely visible.

San Antonio, 1975. Again, several Chevrolets. There is also a mid-70s Pontiac Gran Prix, A Ford LTD, and on the bottom left we have a Dodge Dart/Plymouth Scamp.

we're looking at a traffic jam in a photo that is impossible to recreate. Try finding this many 1960s American cars in stock form, unaltered, and not rusted.

Don't keep your hopes up, but due to Texas' lack of road salt, cars last a long time, and the possibility remains, though ever so slight, that 1 or 2 of the pictured cars may still be around somewhere.
Sadly for us, we probably will never again be able to take pictures like this and have them dominated by American cars.A lot of younger folks may have a hard time believing that American cars were so prevalent.