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Mountains sliced in half for Chinese highway.
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Previously:
Rocky Mountains toposcope - photos
Shanghai apartment complex surrounded by mountains - GIF
1951 highway construction - GIF
Bamboo for highway construction - GIF
Typically, a cut has a fill-area near by. There is no area along the entire highway that shows any earth fill!
China has been building islands south of the mainland for quite a while. It's possible that the spoil was used for that operation.
That would be the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. I believe that work is done by local dredging. Dirt transportation costs would be prohibitive...even for China! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ductape
It looks like an Engineering School "concept" for road construction, rendered using A.I.
I suspect tunnels to be cheaper, material removal less burdensome, and in the long run cheaper to maintain over time. But hey, what do I know? :confused:
Why is there no advertising plastered all along those faces?