The organization of automobile traffic in large cities and for communication between the most important regions has long been a problem in the most developed countries of the world. Over its solution, experts from various sectors of transport and construction are working.
The modern highway is a complex and expensive construction. And where is the widest road in the world? There are several options.
What to consider dear?
If you define the road not only as a purely highway with several lanes in both directions, but also include dividing lanes, noise protection and other structures, sidewalks, landscaping elements, lighting and navigation systems, that is, to bring two concepts closer together - road and street, then the circle of applicants for the title "the widest road in the world" will be very large. The width of such objects is logically measured in meters and reaches several hundred.
The width of a motorway intended only for car traffic is usually measured in lanes. The most global transport facilities have a total of more than two dozen. Advertising moves in the form of the possible placement of 160 cars across the entire width of the road seem incorrect. There are cases when on the highway Beijing - Hong Kong - Macau formed kilometers of traffic jams with a width of 50 cars. But to consider that this is the widest road in the world is wrong - after all, the road is intended for movement, and not for standing close to each other. In addition, most of this route is paid.
Prospectus of Ministries, Brasilia
This boulevard, on a 2.4 km long section connecting Municipal Square and the Three Powers Square in the Brazilian capital Brasilia, has 6 lanes for car traffic in each direction. The total width of this street is 250 meters. Most of it is occupied by landscaping, recreation areas, paths for walking communication. On the central avenue of the Brazilian capital - a city specially designed for this function with the participation of famous architects - there are many important objects of city and state scale.
The Prospectus of Ministries is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the widest road in the world. It was finally built, like the whole young capital of Brazil, in 1960. In its widest place, it has a huge open space - an explanade - near unique architectural objects designed by the great architect Oscar Niemeyer. This complex is considered the pearl of world architecture, although, in terms of functionality, it is subjected to serious criticism from both professionals and local residents.
Katy Freeway, Houston, United States
At the end of 2008, the extension of the highway section between Houston and its suburbs, Katie, was completed. This highway is part of the Interstate 10 (I 10) highway, a nationally important road connecting 8 US states. The high traffic intensity required to bring the total number of lanes for traffic to 26. Now about half a million cars per day can pass here.
Of these 26 lanes, 12 are the main ones laid for traffic, 8 are access roads along the edges. Another 6 lanes in the central part are intended for high-power vehicles capable of moving at high speed. The I 10 motorway section near Houston, the fourth city in the United States by population, Katie Freeway, is the widest road in the world. The photo of this highway, where many complex engineering structures are located, including multi-level interchanges, is an excellent illustration of the problems of modern civilization associated with an increase in the intensity of road transport and an increase in the number of cars.
Along the St. Petersburg …
As you know, in our country there is a special, difficult attitude to roads. They traditionally relate to troubles, which, of course, do not simplify life, but make it more difficult. Therefore, the widest road in Russia is located, like much recently, in the metropolitan metropolis. Two grand Moscow highways - Leningradsky and Leninsky Avenues - claim this title. In some places, the width of these streets reaches 120 meters.
Leningradka begins as a continuation of the main Moscow street - 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya from the square at the Belorussky railway station. This direction, connecting the two Russian capitals, since the founding of Moscow has been the most important, having state significance. The road to Tver was the main entrance to the capital from the time of Yuri Dolgoruky, and from the foundation of St. Petersburg acquired the status of the royal path.
Another major Moscow highway is the radial Leninsky Prospekt, running under the same name from the center, from Bolshaya Yakimanka to the Moscow Ring Road. The basis of this highway was Bolshaya Kaluzhskaya Street that existed before.
