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30 lane highways in Egypt

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Chris:
Fascinating and absurdly designed, Egypt has built several highways with as much as 30 lanes in the desert east of Cairo recently. New Google Earth satellite images show these new highways.

Egypt is on a highway construction spree, for example they built a 367 kilometer / 228 mile outer beltway of Cairo and widened their existing ring road to 16 lanes. They are developing the whole zone between Cairo and the Suez Canal in a Dubai / Qatar-like style, but perhaps even more over the top.

J N Winkler:
Has anyone managed to find design manuals or contract documents for these highways?  I've looked at the SkyscraperCity thread dealing with Egyptian highway infrastructure and it seems most of the information comes from satellite imagery, non-Egyptians going to Egypt and taking pictures, and (apparent) Egyptians reporting from the inside.

Road Hog:
Obviously it's a pyramid scheme.

index:
Is this for that stupid new capital city of theirs? A lot of people are so impressed over it because "ooh shiny big buildings and roads" but it's yet another vanity project for autocratic Middle Eastern leaders and their wealthy inner circles. That, and the layout makes it difficult for protests to organize.

jakeroot:
This whole region of Egypt looks like it was designed in a video game. Nonsensical number of lanes, no clear intersection control at all. I mean, the world's biggest cities don't have roads this wide. Because, well, it doesn't work. It's just gonna lock up if traffic ever gets to the point where a seven lane roundabout would even be necessary.

The five lane slip ramps between the freeways and other roads are probably my "favorite" element. Like I said ... designed in a video game.



--- Quote from: index on May 30, 2023, 03:34:41 AM ---...it's yet another vanity project for autocratic Middle Eastern leaders and their wealthy inner circles.

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