by: Jessica Crane
If you’ve ever driven in Europe, chances are you’ve been through a roundabout. However, in America, roundabouts have been somewhat slower to catch on.
Although it seems roundabouts are a new form of design for the United States, the basic shape actually goes back to the 1790s, when architect and engineer Pierre L'Enfant proposed a number of circular intersections in Washington, D.C., including the famous Dupont Circle.
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