A highway in Japan after the M7.3 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. January 17, 1995.

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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 92d

I know they didn't, but it's in such good condition after that, it almost looks like you could just dust it off, set it back upright, and it would be all good.

sexy_peach@feddit.org · 19 pts · 93d

Eepy

socsa@piefed.social · 17 pts · 92d (2 replies)

Can't park there m8

Avicenna@programming.dev · 6 pts · 92d

you need a permit

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 92d

Come off it ya wanker

StillAlive@piefed.world · 16 pts · 93d

Still in better condition than most horizontal roads in my country.

e_rebel_108@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 93d (4 replies)

If you drive fast enough, you could still use it.

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Need a dune buggy for all those peaks & valleys, tho.

Grimy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Even with the jumps though?

calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 92d

Excite Bike 95

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 92d (1 reply)

By collapsing in such an “orderly” way, did this help save lives of people in the cars?

farmgineer@nord.pub · 3 pts · 92d

Probably not. Anyone under the edge is crushed. Anyone on the road surface is tumbled and probably thrown off. I guess it's better than pancaking.

Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 92d

Now that's a picture... What the heck!?

imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 93d (3 replies)

Is this picture taken at an angle or is it a straight picture of the highway at an angle??

teft@piefed.social · 46 pts · 93d (2 replies)

The buildings on the right side of the picture are upright.

This highway must've been on pillars and fell sideways.

Edit: here is a pic from a different angle:

HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth · 16 pts · 93d

What's crazy is how long the toppled highway keeps its shape and direction, it just goes all the way to the horizon. Squinting at the thumbnail I thought I was looking at the wall of a brutalist building.

NightFantom@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 93d

That explains why it looks so clean, thanks!

TehBamski@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 92d

Now I see where the latest Mario Kart games got their track level inspirations from.

glimse@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 92d (1 reply)

Anyone else impressed that the road segments stayed intact?

null@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 87d

I wonder if it was designed to fail in that way in an earthquake.

bizarroland@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 92d

I think they're just saying it was an earthquake to hide over the fact that there was an incredibly awesome anime battle.

SparroHawc@piefed.world · 6 pts · 92d

Well you see, the problem was that the front fell off.

fox2263@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 92d

I bet they had it fixed within a week

JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 4 pts · 92d
baltakatei@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 92d

When a goddess needs to Isekai her own truck driver.

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 92d

That's kind of Inception-esque