We followed the highway down the peninsula as it wound through the mountains and I wished that we had started earlier in the day so we could have enjoyed the scenery more before it got dark. I was using Google maps on my phone for navigation, and as we started to head down out of the mountains, I saw a very strange thing on the map display: it showed the road making a complete circle. Because it was dark, I couldn't see far ahead; I thought that maybe Google maps had some kind of error. We approached the big circle on the map, and then I saw the big circle in the road.
What do you do when the road needs to descend from a mountain very quickly, but there isn't enough space? You build a circular bridge. It was rather eerie in the darkness, but very interesting to experience. We didn't have time to stop and take pictures, so I'm including some photos I found on the Internet.
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Wow, Rob and Nozomie, I find this story about the bridge as fascinating as this "po tage jho jho lee". Though I'm sure I have the spelling all wrong, I did my best on that line! Seriously, the bridge construction and design purpose is amazing. It left me wondering about the cost difference between the entire bridge project--and the conventional way of doing switchbacks and winding turns up/down the mountain. Thanks for sharing, I plan to share it with my students! Love you guys!
I'm glad you found it interesting! If I had to make a guess, I'd say maybe a bridge is more expensive than switchbacks up a hill, but that's just a hunch...
A while back, I finally found out it's "potage au gelee" (but the "sandwich de knuckles" might be more delicious!)
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