that is a lot of roads and train tracks supported by those central columns!
http://mildlyinteresting-blog.blogspot.com/2018/12/this-roadrailway-layout-is-pretty-cool.html
that is a lot of roads and train tracks supported by those central columns!
http://mildlyinteresting-blog.blogspot.com/2018/12/this-roadrailway-layout-is-pretty-cool.html
If you look close at the contact points, big rubber pads are fitted to absorb the movement.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Roppongi in Tokyo.
If there's one place where they both know how to build earthquake-proof structures, and can afford it, it's Japan. Of course a super massive earthquake can take anything down, but it's a safe bet they'll have everything cleared up and running faster than anywhere else in the world.
ReplyDeleteThese are highway overpasses, not train tracks as the original post says. This is the Hakozaki junction of the Shuto expressway. And yes, they have dampeners built in. When you're at a standstill (often) you can feel the whole roadway bouncing around. Quite disconcerting at first.
ReplyDeleteMore info here:
https://soranews24.com/2014/06/04/no-a-bridge-didnt-collapse-tokyos-crazy-hakozaki-highway-junction-really-looks-like-this/