Popular Post red750 Posted November 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2022 I received an email from a friend containing a .pdf file with a PowerPooint slidesow of 67 photos of the Western Atlantic Highway in Norway. I thought I wouold share 3 with you. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Peter, where are these bridges? Pic 2 seems to show a carriageway only one truck wide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) Peter, the roadway is only 6.5M wide - not exactly our standard National Highway width of 8M - more like our old 60's and 70's National Highway width of 6M. I'm guessing the speed limit there is relatively low, the entire length of this Atlantic Highway is only 8.3km, so not exactly a long-distance trip. It also has an 8% gradient that would pose a minimum limit on the horsepower level, or a maximum of gross vehicle/combination mass, of the trucks using it, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean_Road It looks like lots of granite in the construction, that would've made it an expensive piece of construction, and hard on equipment, too! Edited November 13, 2022 by onetrack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 These images will give you an idea of the width of the road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Looks like it'd be great fun on a motorbike, on a nice sunny day of course and with no other traffic on the road! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Those bridges are a work of art, as well as being engineering masterpieces! Can you imagine the level of calculations and the construction hassles in building a curved bridge with a hump in it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Little Norway can afford this amazing infrastructure because of their sensible policies; they have a trillion dollars in national savings. Australia might have been in the same position if we had enacted one of Whitlam’s policies. Instead, we are a trillion in debt, foreign corporations make huge profots from our resources and don’t pay tax. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Norway was the country we had to fight hard to not have them drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.. Clean at home though.. Nev 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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