It’s impossible to drive from North to South America because there are no roads between Panama and Colombia.
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Children who live near major roads…
Children who live near major roads are more likely to have developmental delays. Research found that living closer to a major roadway such as an interstate highway or a state highway is associated with almost two times the risk of having a communication delay by the time the baby is 3 years old.
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22-yr-old Canadian man John McCue…
22-yr-old Canadian man John McCue took it upon himself to fill potholes with the sign: “I filled the potholes. Pay me instead of your taxes.” Drivers gave him cash, coffee and joints for filling in potholes.
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Some roads in Australia are so long and boring they…
Some roads in Australia are so long and boring they have trivia signs to keep drivers alert. 00
Scottish Town Arnprior (pop. 200) painted wiggly…
Scottish Town Arnprior (pop. 200) painted wiggly lines on a straight road to confuse and slow down fast drivers. 00
A 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline…
A 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.
Melody roads that play music as you drive
A Japanese engineer by the name of Shizuo Shinoda accidentally scraped some markings into a road with a bulldozer and drove over them, and realized that it was possible to create tunes depending on the depth and spacing of the grooves. In 2007, the Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute refined Shinoda’s designs to create the […]
10,000 Iowan farmers built 380 miles of road (entire width of…
10,000 Iowan farmers built 380 miles of road (entire width of the state) in one hour on a Saturday morning in 1910.