DonRocks Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 If you had asked me to name how many lanes the widest highway in the world had, I *might* have said ten. "Thousands of Cars Stuck in Beijing Traffic Jam on 50-Lane Highway" by Avianne Tan on abcnews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracisk Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Wow. I lived in China (Beijing and Nanjing) in 1993 and there were way, way more bikes than cars. How times have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 If you had asked me to name how many lanes the widest highway in the world had, I *might* have said ten. The 50-lane part of the China story appears to refer to the approach to the toll booths, not the highway itself. The widest highway in the world is variously reported as a two mile stretch of I-5 near San Diego with 22 through lanes, or a stretch of I-10 in Houston with 26, but that includes frontage and HOV lanes. I often drive I-85 in Atlanta which, to the best of my recollection, has 16 lanes in spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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