Why make that turn like that? Wouldn't grading the hill and building the road directly on the ground be cheaper and more practical than building an elevated highway?
It's probably steeper than it looks. Digging the road into the terrain would leave you with a huge wall facing the hill, prone to landslides and avalanches. It might also not work very well with where the road is coming from and where it's going. I imagine it could prove challenging to keep open at all during winter due to avalanches and risk thereof.
Digging/bombing out a bunch of the mountain is also not particularly cheap, and it might be unpopular for the permanent damage it does to the mountain as well.
Might be other reasons as well, but that's what I could think of.
Love to visit, but places like that scare the shit out of me. I'm a total flatlander. Born and raised in Tulsa, lived in Chicago and now Florida, flattest state in the Union.
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kurushimi@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 302d
I built this road in Death Stranding 2
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 302d
Why make that turn like that? Wouldn't grading the hill and building the road directly on the ground be cheaper and more practical than building an elevated highway?
cabbage@piefed.social · 13 pts · 302d
It's probably steeper than it looks. Digging the road into the terrain would leave you with a huge wall facing the hill, prone to landslides and avalanches. It might also not work very well with where the road is coming from and where it's going. I imagine it could prove challenging to keep open at all during winter due to avalanches and risk thereof.
Digging/bombing out a bunch of the mountain is also not particularly cheap, and it might be unpopular for the permanent damage it does to the mountain as well.
Might be other reasons as well, but that's what I could think of.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 301d
Yep. Only hills and mountains in America I've seen the interstate plow through are rock on both sides.
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 302d
Do you have a more precise location? I’ll actually be in that area soon and it’d be fun to drive.
faizalr@fedia.io · 2 pts · 302d
So inviting.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 301d
Love to visit, but places like that scare the shit out of me. I'm a total flatlander. Born and raised in Tulsa, lived in Chicago and now Florida, flattest state in the Union.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 301d
Mountainfolk hours 💪💪💪💪💪
I still can't look at a flatlander horizon without feeling like I'm going to fall into some infinite void.
Drusas@fedia.io · 2 pts · 301d
I like how they built around the hill rather than into it, unlike you would see in the US.