City Motorways.

[Bahnsteig4]

Post pictures of motorways running through cities. Your cities, if applicable. :)

Vienna's A23 Süd-Ost-Tangente:
http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23w9.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23donau11.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23absbergtunnel5.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23prater2.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23landstr2.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23fav7.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23wb1.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23fav1x.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23knlas4.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a23/images/a23knlas3.jpg


A22, Donauuferautobahn:
http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a22/images/a22floridsdorf1.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a22/images/a22brigittenauer_br1.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a22/images/a23kaiser2.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a22/images/a22donau2x.jpg

http://www.wabweb.net/verkehr/bilder/a22/images/a22floridsdorf16x.jpg

[m@rco]

In Grenoble:

A48:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a48/A48-015-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a48/A48-015-B.jpg

A480:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a480/A480-004-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a480/A480-004-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a480/A480-006-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a480/A480-006-B.jpg

A51:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a480/A480-010-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a480/A480-011-B.jpg

N87:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n87/N87-007-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n87/N87-007-B.jpg

[m@rco]

In Lyon:

A6:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a6/A6-110-A.jpg

A7:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a7/A7-005-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a7/A7-013-B.jpg

A43:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a43/A43-001-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a43/A43-001-B.jpg


N383
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n383/N383-012-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n383/N383-012-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n383/N383-009-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n383/N383-008-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n383/N383-004-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/n383/N383-004-B.jpg

TEO:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/teo/TEO-003-B.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

Really messy signs in Austria...

I must say, some German Autobahnen through Hamburg, Ruhr, Berlin, Frankfurt are quite impressive.

And ofcourse, we have our motorways around Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Well, this is the A28 running through my hometown.

http://www.roadpics.net/A28/A28Z/30.jpg

http://www.roadpics.net/A28/A28Z/31.jpg

One of the Netherlands most busy motorway with only 2x2 real lanes. That extra lane on the left is VERY narrow, and closed often, wouldn't count that a real lane... :(

[Verso]

David, what happened to your signature? :D


Really messy signs in Austria...

True, but it can hardly be better, because of Vienna's position. You have to list all those cities, such as Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Budapest, Graz and Linz, then don't forget about all those country codes (CZ, SK, H, SLO, I, D:nuts:) and you have to write parts of Vienna of course (like center definitely) plus road numbers.:nuts:


Anyway, here are pictures of the Ljubljana Motorway Ring (Slovenia):http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/4213/malencev16hq.jpg

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6690/aczadobrovasmall0vw.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9919/smalldsc015923un.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3342/k11zadobrova13hz.jpg

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6544/dsc01594small5gb.jpg

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/858/dsc041557om.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/2862/dsc041567on.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/954/dsc041574ff.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7248/dsc041594ms.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9566/dsc041602nz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2182/dsc041610hv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/6887/dsc041625hz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/7461/dsc041637pc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Bahnsteig4]

True, but it can hardly be better, because of Vienna's position. You have to list all those cities, such as Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Budapest, Graz and Linz, then don't forget about all those country codes (CZ, SK, H, SLO, I, D) and you have to write parts of Vienna of course (like center definitely) plus road numbers.

Unfortunately true. I never really noticed, as I hardly ever need to look at the signs but I feel that they spoiled me a little. I sometimes get lost in other countries (Italy mostly) because I expect more information. So while it might be helpful for visitors, it's not beneficial for Austrians abroad who easily get confused.

[Moveax]

Wellington Urban Motorway. This is looking to the north at the southern end of the motorway close to the CBD about 2km north of where it ends.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8332/pic1088bb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[poponoso]

These are some pics of Buenos Aires motorways:


Northern Approach (Acceso Norte) with 18 lanes in its widest section

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7211/fotog13cc1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7606/62304485si9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7871/fotog16dv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3843/10005929jikr1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2429/10005969unry0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[lambersart2005]

a cool thread - I'd love to show some pictures as I'm a great urban freeway-fan but - am I stupid? I cannot include pictures.... How is that working? ;-) If anybody could help, thanks a lot!

[poponoso]

Some other pics from Buenos Aires motorways:
This is General Paz Ave (in fact the Peripherical motorway),

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9646/autopistawx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1273/1001165zt0vx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A picture of its crossing with the Western Approach (Acceso Oeste)

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/429/fotog15jz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Verso]

a cool thread - I'd love to show some pictures as I'm a great urban freeway-fan but - am I stupid? I cannot include pictures.... How is that working? ;-) If anybody could help, thanks a lot!

This is your first post in a year and a half?:D Ok, here you go: go to some picture-uploading site, like Imageshack (http://imageshack.us/) and choose firstly, if you wanna upload a file or url (if it's file, continue with "Browse..."), when you're done with this, click "host it!", and then just copy one of those hotlinks (I choose "Hotlink for forums (1)") and paste it in your post on SSC. That's all.:)

[fred_mendonca]

Nice pictures! :applause:

[Thorin]

Genoa
A7 - Sopraelevata
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/DiegoThorin/TANGenova1.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/DiegoThorin/TANGenova2.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/DiegoThorin/TANGenova3.jpg

A10
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/DiegoThorin/A10Genova.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/DiegoThorin/A10Genova2.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/DiegoThorin/A10Genova3.jpg

[Bahnsteig4]

I had the pleasure of getting lost in Genova.

[Verso]

^^ Me too! :hahaha:

[Karakuri]

Lyon

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4379/20974011br8.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/7316/29779231oh9.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4615/ddmb4.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/56/29346958dd3.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/667/56659759pf4.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9550/28950398bm3.jpg

[Karakuri]

Marseille
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1443/75234641wp5.jpg

Between the two highways, a skyscraper is under construction.
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5383/77422045te5.jpg

[Karakuri]

Saint Etienne
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3904/51004597lb4.jpg

[snupix]

Genoa
A7 - Sopraelevata

IMO the worst thing that happened to Genova... :ohno:

ps. But the southern part of the A7 always amazes me ;)

[Thorin]

IMO the worst thing that happened to Genova... :ohno:

ps. But the southern part of the A7 always amazes me ;)

It's awful, but it's necessary. It's the main (and only) east-west connection in Genoa.

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Since nobody has yet posted the pics of urban motorways in the States, I decided to share a few from my last trip to San Francisco.

I-80 near Berkeley
http://mikul.net/images/motorways/I80_flats.jpg

http://mikul.net/images/motorways/I80_fork.jpg

Although these motorway signs are easy to understand, I don't like them because they look crappy. Oversized route shields take too much space and the font is not as neat as on the German signs. IMHO.

I-80 on Bay Bridge
http://mikul.net/images/motorways/I80_bay_bridge.jpg

In this picture on the right you can take a peek at the famous Transamerica Pyramid.

[CborG]

Here are some pics of Amsterdams A10 beltway:

http://207.44.228.232/photopost/data//505/3055-Staalmeesterslaan-Nachtwachtlaan.jpg
foto: Winus

http://www.schlijper.nl/archive/2001/05/010528-A10-west-1.jpg
foto: Thomas Schlijper

http://www.bosenlommer.amsterdam.nl/live/imgnew.db?35542

http://www.bosenlommer.amsterdam.nl/live/img.db?43819+s(466)

http://www.autosnelwegen.nl/asw/galerie/om12.jpg

Motorway A4 towards Amsterdam and Schiphol:

http://www.geocities.com/lantaarnpalen_zijn_mooi/lijnverlichting2.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

That last pic isn't exactly IN a city ;)

[Kiev30]

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/New_Kiev/DSCF0011-1.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/New_Kiev/DSCF0012-2.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/New_Kiev/DSCF0013-1.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/New_Kiev/DSCF0014.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/_Sajmon/IMG_9819.jpg
http://news.img.com.ua/img/gallery/53/07d04db5cefc196c328f109ecc1ea9bb.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/2n1xiiq.jpg
http://news.img.com.ua/img/gallery/53/a5a630e9c9556a58ad4f109ca7ce0a02.jpg

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Kiev30, motorway в переводе с английского означает автомагистраль - разделительный барьер, отсутствие одноуровневых пересечений и т.д. Ни на одной из ваших фоток автомагистрали нет. В черте Киева я вообще не знаю ни одной настоящей автомагистрали.

Kiev30, to sum it up, neither of your pictures depicts a motorway.

[Kiev30]

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m211/bohatir/DSCF0865.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8973/56gu0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ahsm57/Kyiv%20-%20Boryspil/41.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/34qs37r.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/2j4yowg.jpg

[Kiev30]

kiev have motorways just no pics of it , and where u from? i live in kiev so i know

[Kiev30]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ahsm57/Kyiv%20-%20Boryspil/44.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ahsm57/Kyiv%20-%20Boryspil/32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/ahsm57/Kyiv%20-%20Boryspil/26.jpg

[Alex Von Königsberg]

This is a post-USSR mentality. Unfortunately, I know it all too well :ohno:

http://mikul.net/images/motorways/no_parking.jpg

[Kiev30]

it just i drive in Kiev everyday and i know where is a motorway nd where is everything so dont tell me that there is no motorways in kiev

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Kiev30, you see, my friend, this topic is about city motorways. On a motorway there are no bus stops, no parking, no sidewalks, and no one-level crossings. Only a few of your pictures show actual motorways, and the rest - just ordinary city streets.

You asked me where I live. Right now I live in California, but originally I am from Königsberg. However, I have driven through Kiev numerous times, so I know my ways around that city quite well. The only road within the city limits that distantly reminded me the motorway was Проспект Бажана that ran from the South Bridge to the Borispol Motorway. And still, it had bus stops and sidewalks.

[LtBk]

This is a post-USSR mentality. Unfortunately, I know it all too well :ohno:

http://mikul.net/images/motorways/no_parking.jpg

To be fair, people in former USSR are new to driving and still not used to driving or following important rules.

[Alex Von Königsberg]

To be fair, people in former USSR are new to driving and still not used to driving or following important rules.
I wouldn't say so. While it is true that few people owned cars back in the USSR, the driving tests were still very hard to pass. Still, Soviet licensed drivers were very undisciplined. I knew a man who had 40+ years of driving experience in Russia, and let me tell you - he was aweful. The reason for him being a bad driver was not due to his lack of knowledge of traffic laws, but he just didn't give a damn about them.

[Minato ku]

Few motorways (It is only a small part of the big motorway system of Paris)

Peripherique
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-034-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-033-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-032-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-031-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-030-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-029-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/bp/BP-028-A.jpg

A4
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-001-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-001-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-002-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-005-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-006-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-007-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-007-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a4/A4-010-A.jpg

A86
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a86/A86-041-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a86/A86-039-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a86/A86-035-B.jpg

A3
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a3/A3-004-B.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a3/A3-002-A.jpg
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/photos/a3/A3-001-B.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

Paris signage is way too messy. There is way too much information on those signs, and actually almost no sign is out of 1 part, mostly out of 2 or 3 parts. Signage on intercity Autoroutes is okay, but not near cities if you ask my opinion.

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Paris signage is way too messy.
Yes, that's true. While the idea of separating autoroute/extra urban/urban information on autoroute signs using different colours is good, the implementation doesn't look quite as good. Three different colours on a single sign is a bit overkill.

[Nephasto]

You have the best avatar animation ever Alex Von Königsberg! :okay:

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Obrigado para seu elogio, meu amigo :cheers1:

[LordMandeep]

so wierd that same highway in San Francisco is the same one i used to enter New York...

[Nephasto]

Obrigado para seu elogio, meu amigo :cheers1:

Bitte! :cheers:

[HelloMoto163]

berlin:
left and right the autobahn and in the middle the trains
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Berlin_B100_Kaiserdamm.jpg/800px-Berlin_B100_Kaiserdamm.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Autobahn_A103_Berlin_Saarstrasse.JPG/800px-Autobahn_A103_Berlin_Saarstrasse.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Berlin_A113_Ausfahrt_Stubenrauchstra%C3%9Fe.jpg/800px-Berlin_A113_Ausfahrt_Stubenrauchstra%C3%9Fe.jpg

http://img-x.fotocommunity.com/19/6322619.jpg

http://img-x.fotocommunity.com/40/199940.jpg

http://img-x.fotocommunity.com/56/3921456.jpg

and there is a building on the autobahn

http://www.luftbild-pressefoto.de/referenzen/Kundenluftbilder/zikonWohnhausSchlangenbade.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/2006-08-27_Schlagenbader_Str.jpg/800px-2006-08-27_Schlagenbader_Str.jpg

[gladisimo]

Since nobody has yet posted the pics of urban motorways in the States, I decided to share a few from my last trip to San Francisco.

Although these motorway signs are easy to understand, I don't like them because they look crappy. Oversized route shields take too much space and the font is not as neat as on the German signs. IMHO.


Specifically, you are near El Cerrito, the sign to the left of your first picture is of the Pacific East Mall, a predominantly Asian "shopping center" of about 20-25 shops (including many restaurants). Heading south, you're about a mile and a half or so from university ave, which is one of the main roads to the famous UC Berkeley!

And yes, one thing that pisses me off about US highway signs is their lack of high-techness as well, as well as being quite dirty. My biggest bug, though, is that they never tell you which direction you are going until you are very close!

so wierd that same highway in San Francisco is the same one i used to enter New York...

It's not weird at all! The I-80 runs all the way from San Francisco (at the Bay Bridge) through Oakland, Salt Lake City, Des Moines, Chicago, Cleveland, and eventually NYC! So if you ever need to drive from NYC to SF, you only need to take one road :)

[ChrisZwolle]

left and right the autobahn and in the middle the trains
They have that in Essen too.

[Trent800]

Melbourne, Australia

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4076/fwy1eh8.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9322/fwy2pw8.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8357/fwy3dw1.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6684/fwy4ju1.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4282/17lm2.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4640/210as.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8910/255lp.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5660/307kf.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4997/337zx.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5304/155rp.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4949/ad12020058wr.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2633/img04461dk.jpg

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http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/3540/princeshwy2fy.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_20072006_205356.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_20072006_205443.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_20072006_205600.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_20072006_205740.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_20072006_205924.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_20072006_205949.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_21072006_205330.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_21072006_205750.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/angryboozehound/interch_21072006_210014.jpg

[Verso]

^^ Cool photos!:)

That motorway in Berlin with building on it is really extraordinary! And this picture looks somehow unusual to me.:)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Berlin_A113_Ausfahrt_Stubenrauchstra%C3%9Fe.jpg/800px-Berlin_A113_Ausfahrt_Stubenrauchstra%C3%9Fe.jpg

[ChrisZwolle]

^^^ That is the A113.

Those Melbourne pics are really cool. But Australian signage will never be my favourite, although it's not really bad, like they've got in the UK.

[Bahnsteig4]

^^ Is that the AVUS?

[nothingman]

To the guy who posted the Melbourne pics...it's interesting how your road signs are like a hybrid of US / British road signs. Sorry to be a geek, but I find that fascinating. Your roads look like US roads, but your signs are more like UK signs. Is there any reason for this, or is it just one of those things?

[ADCS]

And yes, one thing that pisses me off about US highway signs is their lack of high-techness as well, as well as being quite dirty. My biggest bug, though, is that they never tell you which direction you are going until you are very close!


Yeah, but that's just California signage. Caltrans (the state transportation department) specifically uses old-school signage, for whatever reason, I do not know. I know that in Texas (where I am from), there are reflective highway signs, variable message boards, and all sorts of other things that you would find in most other countries (except variable speed limits, like anyone follows the speed limit in the first place!).

Well, being from Houston, I figure I should put some pictures of our best urban freeway, the brand-new U.S. 59 trench. (Still under construction when taken)

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9299/591zf3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7808/img1621610northboundatstv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3029/img160159slookingeatmonfe2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks to www.houstonfreeways.com for the great photos!

[ChrisZwolle]

^^ Is that the AVUS?

No this is a pic of the new A113 in Southeastern Berlin. The AVUS is in Southwestern Berlin, and MUCH older, i thought it was one of the oldest in the world. :)

[Verso]

^ I think THE oldest (from 1921). :)

[ChrisZwolle]

^ I think THE oldest (from 1921). :)

Well there were some motorways in early stages between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, and near Milano, Italy. I don't know how old that one exactly is.

Our oldest motorway dates back from 1936.:)

[Bahnsteig4]

I was actually driving along the AVUS but I was only told later... So I wasn't paying that much attention.

[Verso]

Well there were some motorways in early stages between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, and near Milano, Italy. I don't know how old that one exactly is.

AFAIK the one near Milan (the currently 8-km 8-lane stretch of the A8 motorway between A4 and A9; sounds fuckin complicated:D) is the oldest PUBLIC motorway in the world (because AVUS was at first reserved only for Hitler and the likes:D), I think from 1924, and it's also the world's oldest toll-motorway AFAIK. Btw, I hate that toll, on only 8-km stretch, in the middle of it.:bash:

[ChrisZwolle]

I heard that that A8 Autostrada, was first a single lane carriageway. It wasn't a real motorway, as we know now.

[gronier]

Santiago

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5207/auto280lx.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1957/auto138ej.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2965/auto186db.jpg

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/7066/imagen0769kw.jpg

http://www.vne.cl/new/gallery/i4.jpg

http://www.autopistacentral.cl/images/obras/aereas/grandes_nov05/sta_maria_balmaceda02.jpg

http://www.plataformaurbana.cl/copp/albums/userpics/10006/rotonda_quilin.jpg

http://www.vespuciosur.cl/descargas/webbys/torreg-copia.jpg

To the International Airport

http://www.dgop.cl/galeria/images/obras%20mop/FOTOS%20MOP%202005/13%20Region/vespucio%20norte%202.jpg

[Moveax]

Not a picture but a video of wellington highway/motorway. Starting at ngauranga gorge which isn't classified motorway because it has a footpath (I dunno whos nuts enough to use it) and a left in left out road. It is a section of non motorway between two motorways but unless you're really looking carefully you wouldn't realise why its not classified motorway.

Then onto the wellington urban motorway, where state highways 1 and 2 merge.

by the way: NOT MY VIDEO

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O02rj75hFZs

[ChrisZwolle]

AFAIK the one near Milan (the currently 8-km 8-lane stretch of the A8 motorway between A4 and A9; sounds fuckin complicated:D) is the oldest PUBLIC motorway in the world (because AVUS was at first reserved only for Hitler and the likes:D), I think from 1924, and it's also the world's oldest toll-motorway AFAIK.

I read some more about this "motorway", and i can say you; it wasn't a motorway. It was a 2+2 road, with no acces controlled intersections, just grade crossings, and there was no barrier between the lanes.

[Joshapd]

They have that in Essen too.

And in Amsterdam.

[Verso]

I read some more about this "motorway", and i can say you; it wasn't a motorway. It was a 2+2 road, with no acces controlled intersections, just grade crossings, and there was no barrier between the lanes.

Small details...:D Where did you read it? I wasn't looking around much, but I remembered this (http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/italia/auto-it-cr.html) site. And here (http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/italia/autostrade.html) it says by the A08 that it was the first toll motorway in the world (actually all 42.6 km were allegedly opened at once).

[Alex Von Königsberg]

Not a picture but a video of wellington highway/motorway.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O02rj75hFZs

New Zealand motorways look very much like American ones. If it was not for the left-sided traffic and tall residential flats along the road, I could easily confuse it with some California coastal highway. Oh, and the road marking is closer to European than American.

[Bahnsteig4]

NZ motorways are a question of getting used to. If you don't pay attention, you're off the motorway sooner than you want. There are not only ordinary exits with dedicated lanes, it also happens that the main lanes simply lead you to an exit. happened to me and my family twice between AKL and the CBD...

[SE9]

London

Westway - heading out through West London:

http://static.flickr.com/56/161952155_92bdc3818a_b.jpg

A2 - Runs through South-East and East London:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/292185432_832f0f127c_b.jpg

[sojourner truth ™]

some of Metro Manila's:
http://www.daaaaa.com/kkk/kkk336.jpg
http://www.daaaaa.com/kkk/kkk269.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/national%20roads/slex/IMG_0562.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/national%20roads/slex/IMG_0591.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/93NLEX4.jpg
http://tinypic.com/2bw107
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Cityland.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/BGC.jpg

[WANCH]

Some HK highways

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/25274784/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/56830529/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/30954850/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/45703294/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/24613839/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/23318508/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/32458146/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/accl/image/32869946/original.jpg

[Jean Luc]

Not a picture but a video of wellington highway/motorway. Starting at ngauranga gorge which isn't classified motorway because it has a footpath (I dunno whos nuts enough to use it) and a left in left out road. It is a section of non motorway between two motorways but unless you're really looking carefully you wouldn't realise why its not classified motorway.

Then onto the wellington urban motorway, where state highways 1 and 2 merge.

by the way: NOT MY VIDEO

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O02rj75hFZs
Great video! Thanks for posting it. :)

Interesting how the intersection at the end of the motorway off-ramp is not signalised, yet it's almost in the centre of Wellington!

[LordMandeep]

someone needs to tell some people in Toronto that you need atleast one highway leading to or near your downtown. They want to tear it down. The world's biggest cities all have one!!

[Chogmook]

Manchester has the most comprehensive network of anywhere in the UK, with no fewer than 11 Motorways in Greater Manchester.


http://www.manchester.gov.uk/visitorcentre/images/maps/greatermanchester.jpg

:)

M60 - The Manchester Outer Ring Road: (The only motorway in the UK that is a complete circle, part of London's M25 is actually an 'A' road)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/0.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://k53.pbase.com/u12/u03mlr/upload/38312154.Picture034ab.jpg
http://www.stockport.gov.uk/images/business/401341
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ic15/45.jpg
http://www.amcd.co.uk/images/books/m60_large.jpg
http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/images/4826_m60.jpg
http://k41.pbase.com/u39/u03mlr/upload/25493216.manc67181.jpg
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/001ewm/lg/ManSnow4kM60J12_4128.jpg
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/001ewm/lg/ManSnow4jM60Simstr4128.jpg
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m61/photo/01.jpg
http://www.aidan.co.uk/md/M60TraCntrHardShldrVw3803.jpg
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10036/m60_010.JPG
http://www.aidan.co.uk/lg/BartonAirfieldBrg2245.jpg


M61: From North West Manchester - Preston (Starts at J15 of the M60, eventually joining with the M6 north west of Manchester)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/1.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.iht.org/motorway/worsleybi.jpg
18 LANES!!!


M62 West: From West Manchester - Liverpool (Starts at J12 of the M60)
M62 East: From North Manchester - Hull (Starts at J18 of the M60)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/2.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.aidan.co.uk/lg/NwGlazbrkM62B5212Brg4110.jpg
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m62/photo/01.jpg
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m62/photo/04.jpg


M66: From North Manchester - Bury (Starts at J18 of the M60)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://k43.pbase.com/u48/u03mlr/upload/35549992.eos010a.jpg
http://k47.pbase.com/u35/u03mlr/upload/22833653.300d2685221.jpg


M67: East Manchester (Starts at J24 of the M60)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/7.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m67/photo/01.jpg


M56: South Manchester - North Wales (Starts J3 of the M60, also meets with the M6 south west of Manchester)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/5.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m56/photo/01.jpg


M602: From West Manchester - Salford/Central Manchester (Starts J12 of the M60, as a continuation of the M62 West)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/0.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/2.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m602/photo/01.jpg
http://www.hope-academic.org.uk/Academic/library1/ImagesStylesPhotos/Images/M602.jpg
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/MAM602dr_files/image001.jpg


M6: West of Manchester (Meets the M62 West at J10 and the M61 at Preston)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/m.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m6/photo/03.jpg


A57(M) - The Mancunian way: City Centre (forms the southern section of the Manchester Inner Ring Road around the City Centre)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/a.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/5.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/7.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/mb.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/001ewm/lg/ManArdwkMancWayWVw3125.jpg
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/site/calendar/img/01.jpg
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/001ewm/lg/MancWayRushHrFtbrgEVwBw2Y26.jpg
http://www.eyeonmanchester.com/mediumpics/MancWayStGeoCch4816.jpg
http://www.aidan.co.uk/md/MancWayMorsyAdSigns4815.jpg
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/11293/normal_Image064.jpg
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/a57m/photo/01.jpg


A627(M): North East Manchester (Rochdale to Oldham relief road, meets with J20 of the M62 East)

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/left.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/a.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/--.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/6.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/2.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/7.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/-.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/mb.gifhttp://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/sign/right.gif

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/MAA627(M)_files/image005.gif

PHEW!:cheers: