highways
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A Cheaper Highway Guardrail May Be Malfunctioning And Deadly
It’s the difference of just 2.5cm. In 2005, the guardrail manufacturer Trinity Industries shaved that much off its guardrail design, saving the company $2 per guardrail head. It also neglected to report this design change to the Federal Highway Administration. Tens of thousands of these potentially deadly guardrail heads are now installed all over the…
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These Photos Of Rest Areas Will Make You Want To Take A Road Trip
Image Cache: The rest areas were always my favourite parts of road trips. There was room to walk around and, somewhere, a vending area. I always got lost in the weird maps and wondered who used those curious barbecues. And so when I saw Nicolò Sertorios blissfully barren photo series, I wanted to hop in…
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This Highway Interchange Is So Damn Cool I Thought It Was Fake
When I first saw this I thought it was so cool that it had to be some kind of photoshop hoax. But it’s real. It’s called interchange spiral and this one is in the US state of Florida. Can a highway be beautiful? At least from space it can.
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Building A Highway Is Way More Complicated Than You’d Think
There’s way more to building a road than just slathering some asphalt all over the ground. The process is actually pretty involved, with a bunch of steps you probably hadn’t thought of. And even a little bit of art to it.