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.