Skyscraper walls

[Bruce]

What highways/freeways have the most dramatic skyscraper walls/canyons?

I think the view from I-5 in Seattle is a worthy example: https://goo.gl/maps/AY5mnwb9xjAEMShL7

I-405 in Bellevue is slated to get several major towers over the next few years (most over 25 stories), which will form its own wall. https://www.djc.com/news/re/12128705.html


Bellevue 2020.01.09b by David Boynton, on Flickr

[tradephoric]

Gardiner Expressway in Toronto: 
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6411715,-79.3817563,3a,75y,50.25h,109.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbu8FULeLP0fXALK9CtasOQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[sandwalk]

There's a nice "wall" along North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago:
https://goo.gl/maps/pRHvkhXpVJFqXDsu7

[thspfc]

I think "skyline" is the word you're looking for.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0285436,-87.8995853,3a,75y,358.98h,91.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5URKSIpSVpb1bQ5ASv39kg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8055044,-87.6314849,3a,15y,363.64h,93.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLjz6qNIUr6Yw8_ygx6KECw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0647191,-84.5214243,3a,15y,16.11h,91.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_7mV3Kf-5VRAejAE8ddyKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[CtrlAltDel]

I think "skyline" is the word you're looking for.

I think the OP is looking for skyscrapers lining a highway, not the general view.

If this is the case, then one of my personal favorites is I-71 through downtown Cincinnati. It's especially nice at night.

[Max Rockatansky]

I-80 East from US 101 in San Francisco has a pretty dramatic skyscraper Vista north of the freeway approaching the Bay Bridge. 

[Bruce]

I think "skyline" is the word you're looking for.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0285436,-87.8995853,3a,75y,358.98h,91.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5URKSIpSVpb1bQ5ASv39kg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8055044,-87.6314849,3a,15y,363.64h,93.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLjz6qNIUr6Yw8_ygx6KECw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0647191,-84.5214243,3a,15y,16.11h,91.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_7mV3Kf-5VRAejAE8ddyKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Not what I'm looking for. Needs to be skyscrapers abutting a freeway for a canyon or cliff-like feeling.

[GenExpwy]

Gardiner Expressway in Toronto: 
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6411715,-79.3817563,3a,75y,50.25h,109.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbu8FULeLP0fXALK9CtasOQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Kind of like the 1939 World's Fair Futurama exhibit.



(Wikipedia pic)

[Scott5114]

Most freeways in urban areas in the US were placed where land was cheapest/least desirable. For one of these to develop, the city would have had to gone through an extensive enough growth period that land adjacent to the freeway became not just desirable, but so expensive as to justify building up rather than out.

It happens but certainly not frequently. Definitely nowhere in Oklahoma, for instance.

[jakeroot]

The 705 in Tacoma, especially southbound, has not just a literal wall, but a wall of relatively-tall buildings along the edge (though there is an alley between the freeway and the backs of the buildings).

https://goo.gl/maps/81dp4bxZufuNrwGR9

[Eth]

How about GA 400 through Buckhead, where the skyscrapers are literally on top of you?

[Tonytone]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth



iPhone

[kphoger]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth

I can't use that link.

[webny99]

Gardiner Expressway in Toronto: 
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6411715,-79.3817563,3a,75y,50.25h,109.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbu8FULeLP0fXALK9CtasOQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Definitely one that came to mind, probably the best example so far.

[TheGrassGuy]

Yan'an Elevated Road, Shanghai, China.

[TheGrassGuy]

How about GA 400 through Buckhead, where the skyscrapers are literally on top of you?

Umm... ever taken the Transmanhattan Expressway?

[Tonytone]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth

I can't use that link.

What do you want me to do KP? Download the app for you?


iPhone

[Scott5114]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth

I can't use that link.

What do you want me to do KP? Download the app for you?


iPhone

Maybe link to a valid URL? "http://Google Earth Link" doesn't cut the mustard.

[Tonytone]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth

I can't use that link.

What do you want me to do KP? Download the app for you?


iPhone

Maybe link to a valid URL? "http://Google Earth Link" doesn't cut the mustard.

Huh? Its a valid link. Are you saying to post a link that doesnt use the app?


iPhone

[Scott5114]

Huh? Its a valid link. Are you saying to post a link that doesnt use the app?

It's not a valid link. You botched the hell out of it.

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[URL=http://Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth] Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth
[/URL]

The URL, and nothing else, should be immediately after the equals sign and before the close bracket.

Please check your links for wellformedness before popping off at people who point out that they don't work.

[Tonytone]

Huh? Its a valid link. Are you saying to post a link that doesnt use the app?

It's not a valid link. You botched the hell out of it.

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[URL=http://Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth] Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth
[/URL]

The URL, and nothing else, should be immediately after the equals sign and before the close bracket.

Please check your links for wellformedness before popping off at people who point out that they don't work.

What the hell? its posted perfectly fine on my end.

I always check my links before I post.


Just clicked on it again & it works fine.

I will post a regular link to the location. However the link is perfectly fine on my end. So no idea what happened.


iPhone

[Scott5114]

You're posting non-standard links that aren't compatible with other devices. So it works for you and nobody else.

Use a real computer.

[Tonytone]

You're posting non-standard links that aren't compatible with other devices. So it works for you and nobody else.

Use a real computer.

Ok Scott


iPhone

[hotdogPi]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth

I can't use that link.

What do you want me to do KP? Download the app for you?


iPhone

Maybe link to a valid URL? "http://Google Earth Link" doesn't cut the mustard.

I see no reason why this is purple.

[Scott5114]

New York, New York would like a word with you all

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/3tSjHA #googleearth

I can't use that link.

What do you want me to do KP? Download the app for you?


iPhone

Maybe link to a valid URL? "http://Google Earth Link" doesn't cut the mustard.

I see no reason why this is purple.

The quoted post seemed needlessly belligerent, thus the purple.