Highway destroyed by Japanese earthquake repaired in six days
03-28-2011 | 01:17 PM
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Highway destroyed by Japanese earthquake repaired in six days
Work began on March 17 and six days later the cratered section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka was as good as new. It was ready to re-open to traffic last night.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1HXPzGXKF
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1HXPzGXKF
The roads here take 4 months just to have potholes filled!
03-31-2011 | 01:30 PM
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In the first pic of the destroyed road, look how thick the concrete is before it hits dirt. You wont ever find anything like that here in the states. Most DOT's cheap out and dont do quality paving like they do over there. Yeah, budgets and unions are probably a couple of reasons for that, but still....it would be nice if our highways and streets were a fraction of the quality as they are in other countries like Japanese and Chinese cities.