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Old June 17th, 2007, 02:35 PM   #1
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Umm, dude, no offence, but this is Shanghai.
Either way it looks awesome
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Old June 16th, 2007, 11:34 PM   #2
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"Camionabile" is the Duce way to say "Camionale"
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Old June 17th, 2007, 05:13 AM   #3
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I think he meant this




This is where the old camionabile endend its route...
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Old June 17th, 2007, 11:10 AM   #4
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Ma davvero è Shanghai??...Che figura di m****
La foto l'ho presa su un sito fotografico delle autostrade italiane....mah
Ero convinto fosse Genova ...la prossima volta starò più attento
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Old June 18th, 2007, 12:33 PM   #5
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A curious system (adopted even in other countries, as I saw in a very old thread here on SSC) to shift rapidly the barriers which divide the two directions

Here used for a provisional barrier due to the works to enlarge a viaduct on A6 Torino Savona; the stretch is between Mondovì and Carrù and they shift the barriers to leave the direction with more traffic (e.g. the direction to Savona, to the sea, during w.e., the direction to Torino Sunday afternoon/evening) always with one more lane





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Old June 18th, 2007, 12:38 PM   #6
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impressive the last pic!


where is it?
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Old June 18th, 2007, 07:03 PM   #7
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That is what is called a 'Zipper' barrier. There are several such installations here in the USA, some of them semi-permanent. A few permanent ones that I know of are on the Tappan Zee bridge (I-87 over the Hudson River north of NYC), I-H1 west of the main airport (between I-H2 and I-H201) in Honolulu and along I-93 south of downtown Boston. There are a few other temporary construction zone 'Zippers' in the USA, too.

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Old June 18th, 2007, 07:16 PM   #8
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Imagine using that in the opposite way, reducing and not widening the road, what a mess
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Old June 19th, 2007, 02:54 PM   #9
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Time for Roma now (I really like its network of urban/suburban expressways/motorways)

































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Old June 19th, 2007, 06:27 PM   #10
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fucking awesome BLACK motorways.
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Old June 19th, 2007, 07:52 PM   #11
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the viaduct in the last picture probaby will be torn down sometime in the next years
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Old June 19th, 2007, 08:25 PM   #12
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the viaduct in the last picture probaby will be torn down sometime in the next years
Yeah: when the new stretch of 'tangenziale' (u/c just a pic before) will be ready they will tear down this 'historical' monsterpiece... ehm... masterpiece of Italian Capital 'architecture'
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Old June 20th, 2007, 10:49 AM   #13
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the viaduct in the last picture probaby will be torn down sometime in the next years
Some pics of the so called 'sopraelevata'









Work in progress for new 'Tangenziale Est'
(april 2007)







plan





http://www.acj.it/tangest/

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangenziale_Est_di_Roma

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Old June 19th, 2007, 09:19 PM   #14
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Does anybody knows what's the translation of Tangenziale in english? I mean is only an italian thing?
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Old June 19th, 2007, 11:47 PM   #15
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Does anybody knows what's the translation of Tangenziale in english? I mean is only an italian thing?
Well, I guess it would be "bypass", as in a motorway bypassing a city. Then again, I'm not Italian so I might be wrong
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Old June 20th, 2007, 12:27 AM   #16
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They are like motorways, mostly free, that sorrounds the cities, they are a link between the urban roads and the motorways.

Dunno...I'm confused...
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Old June 20th, 2007, 03:23 AM   #17
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Tangenziale = tangent. Hehe, it may be funny, but that's it. They are like a tangent of a city/town. They are still motorways though, they just wanna tell you it's a bypass. Sth more about your country from me.
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Old June 20th, 2007, 07:34 AM   #18
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I wish I could find some pictures of the tunnel (or map) under Monte Mario (4km) and its intersections. Its one of the most impressive newer project in Rome (including GRA and increased capacity of Ro-Fiu for the purposes of the Nuova fiera di Roma to name some) which connects tangenziale est to the northern section of Rome including 4 underground intersections.
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Old June 20th, 2007, 11:17 AM   #19
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I wish I could find some pictures of the tunnel (or map) under Monte Mario (4km) and its intersections.
Here a map of Giovanni XXIII tunnel







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Old June 20th, 2007, 05:09 PM   #20
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The "sopraelevata" triangle is the one you see from train, entering Termini station from Pescara or Napoli AV lines?

Aren't those the (in)famous viaducts where poor Fantozzi catched the bus "on the run"?

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