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Title: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: bugo on December 19, 2014, 09:23:26 PM
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=pyongyang&hl=en&ll=38.157287,126.467518&spn=0.002008,0.004812&sll=36.152302,-95.87801&sspn=0.527819,1.231842&t=h&hnear=Pyongyang,+North+Korea&z=18

The ramps to and from the northbound Pyongyang-Kaesong expressway are to the south.

It looks like a little kid designed it.
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: NE2 on December 19, 2014, 09:34:49 PM
I-90 in Wyoming is full of interchanges like this.
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: vdeane on December 20, 2014, 09:03:42 AM
Quote from: bugo on December 19, 2014, 09:23:26 PM
It looks like a little kid designed it.
Maybe little Kim Jung Un drew on the road plans and nobody wanted to change the design for fear of being sent to a labor camp.
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: xcellntbuy on December 20, 2014, 12:10:12 PM
Quote from: bugo on December 19, 2014, 09:23:26 PM
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=pyongyang&hl=en&ll=38.157287,126.467518&spn=0.002008,0.004812&sll=36.152302,-95.87801&sspn=0.527819,1.231842&t=h&hnear=Pyongyang,+North+Korea&z=18

The ramps to and from the northbound Pyongyang-Kaesong expressway are to the south.

It looks like a little kid designed it.
Since there are almost no private vehicles in North Korea, the roads are empty except for official cars, military vehicles and police.  Traffic counts are probably a handful per day.
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: MikeTheActuary on December 20, 2014, 02:59:30 PM
Google street view is apparently not available at that location,for some reason.  ;)
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: NE2 on December 20, 2014, 05:48:20 PM
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyongyang-Kaesong_motorway
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: xcellntbuy on December 20, 2014, 07:55:53 PM
Quote from: NE2 on December 20, 2014, 05:48:20 PM
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyongyang-Kaesong_motorway
Talk about roads to nowhere.
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: US 41 on December 21, 2014, 09:46:01 AM
Heck, I didn't even know that North Korea had freeways. South Korea on the other hand, has a ton of them.
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: Jardine on December 21, 2014, 09:49:27 AM
Quote from: vdeane on December 20, 2014, 09:03:42 AM
Quote from: bugo on December 19, 2014, 09:23:26 PM
It looks like a little kid designed it.
Maybe little Kim Jung Un drew on the road plans and nobody wanted to change the design for fear of being sent to a labor camp.



Coincidentally, that is a road to a labor camp

:-o
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: vdeane on December 21, 2014, 08:54:25 PM
What's interesting is that some of those pictures show faded lane markings.  It's as if they had them and then the government said "meh, whatever, it's not like anyone drives on those roads but us".
Title: Re: The most pathetic excuse for a trumpet I've ever seen
Post by: Zmapper on December 23, 2014, 11:17:46 PM
That's a longass northbound accel ramp... almost like the ramp and northern highway was designed for a speed test/escape of some sorts.