His home stood directly where the new highway was planned, and officials wanted it gone. They offered him more than $200,000, yet he refused, so the road was built around his property instead. A buried concrete tunnel became his only link to the outside, making entry and exit possible through one narrow passage. Still, traffic roared past constantly, wrapping the house in noise, while heavy trucks rattled everything around him, day after day. In the end, he moved away and bitterly wished he had