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Safe or scary? Made up of 5 mini roundabouts in a roundabout, this is considered one of the scariest junctions in Britain. Its fanciful name is taken from a children’s tv show. Who knows the name and, better yet, who can tell us what it’s like to drive through?
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Looking for somewhere to cool off this summer? On the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, you can take a dip in the world’s largest rooftop infinity pool – holding some 1.5 million liters of water high above the city.
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Some 40,000 people cross London’s Tower Bridge every day. It stops traffic around 850 times per year to raise, which equals out to nearly 3 entire days of raising and lowering - not counting the time it takes a boat to pass.
Have you had to wait?
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All aboard! The #TrainStation highlighted here was ranked #1 in Europe last year, and a very famous young wizard has walked on its platforms. Can you guess which station it is?
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Detroit. You know it for roaring engines, muscle cars & historic #AutomotiveInnovation.
But did you know it’s also the home of many infrastructural developments? The first three-color traffic light, concrete highway & urban freeway all originated in #MotorCity.
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Let the games begin: Can you guess which city’s traffic is shown here?
Hint: It wins the gold medal for most populous city on earth, and this summer the world will be tuned in and talking about it.
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The Fernsehturm Berlin is more than the tallest structure in Germany.
It puts history on the map, standing today as a global icon of a reunited Berlin after German reunification in 1990. If you’re in the area, don’t miss the view from the top!
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Do you know which city is visualized here? Hint: Road traffic drives on the left side!
Traffic is expected to be much higher than usual on July 6 and 7 too as the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-finals take place.
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Did you know the road around the Arc de Triomphe is known as L'Étoile (The Star) and is a 12-lane roundabout?
Its chaotic traffic is so notorious that when you choose insurance for a car in Paris there's an option for coverage on the Arc de Triomphe roundabout. #MapFactMonday
Did you know that the longest straight road in the world was built as a private road for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia?
The stretch of Highway 10 connecting Highway 75 in the Haradh area to Highway 95 in the west of Saudi Arabia is 240km (149mi) long! 🛣️
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Did you know that the #BayBridge in #California (USA) is the widest bridge in the world?
Opened on 2 September 2013, it is 4,473km long, with a total deck width of 78,740m, including 10 lanes of roadway and a 4,724m wide bike path!
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Do you know where the longest ring road in the world is? It's the Afghanistan A01!
This is a 2,092 km road that encircles a huge area at the heart of Afghanistan. Two-thirds of the country's population live within 32 km of this two-lane road!
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Do you know where you can find the longest road tunnel in the world?
The two-lane tunnel between Aurland and Lærdal on the main road between Bergen and Oslo, Norway, measures an impressive 24.5km (15.2mi) in length!
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This roundabout is located at 51.633953, 5.567949, and was recorded by the TomTom MoMa van in May 2018.
This scene consists of about 6.4 million lidar points, which corresponds to around 30-40 seconds of scanning.
#MapFactMonday #LidarPoints #Lidar
The Millau Viaduct spanning the Tarn Valley, France is the tallest bridge in the world. Seven concrete piers support it, with the tallest measuring 244,96m.
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Ever wondered who created the first road maps? They were made by the Romans to control and administer their vast empire.
Marcus Agrippa (63 C.E.-12 C.E.) ran a mapping mission that took surveyors nearly 20 years to complete.
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Did you know that London Bridge was auctioned and shipped brick-by-brick to Lake Havasu City, Arizona (USA)? The bridge moved a total of 8,350 km.
Rumor has it, the owner was surprised when it turned up — he was sure that he had bought Tower Bridge instead! 🌉
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Do you know which country has the largest percentage of electric vehicles? It's Norway!
61.5% of all new cars are new plug-in electric vehicles and only 11.1% of newly registered vehicles use internal combustion engines.
#MapFactMonday #Maps #Norway #EV
#LombardStreet in San Francisco is the world's most crooked road, with a total of eight tight hairpin turns. It is paved with red bricks and has a mandatory 5-mph speed limit.
The road is famous, having featured in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
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#mapfactmonday Lots of software upgrades at @ToroGolf & @RainBirdGolf over the past 25 years, but this has not changed... their maps are still built on shapefiles. @ragantechnical is your shapefile expert... this is why we can "Fix Your Old Map" https://t.co/cVHvX0qKnW
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