Finland's longest bridge opens in Helsinki - but not for cars

https://www.newsweek.com/worlds-longest-bridge-trams-pedestrians-cyclists-kruunuvuori-finland-helsinki-11898238

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/29344154

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call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 128d (2 replies)

the length of a hundred buses

"Americans will use anything..." etc.

Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 8 pts · 128d (1 reply)

That's about 11.4 football (soccer) fields.
8.75 busses equal a football field for those wondering.

call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 127d

HEY! HERE IN MURICA "FOOTBALL" IS THE NAME OF A REAL SPORT!!

MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 127d

"The latest project reflects a broader shift in how cities are rethinking major infrastructure—not as car-dominated corridors, but as public spaces designed around low‑carbon mobility and everyday human movement." I can get on board with this. More please. It saves lives. Here in the UK we have estimates for excess deaths from pollution in cities.