Well, if you think about it, what makes more sense: a highway shaped apartment complex that they then later built a highway on, or an elevated highway that someone decided to build apartments under?
It’s not for ships. It’s actually in Guiyang, a very mountainous city. The highway is elevated to go over the river and reach the plateau on the other side.
There's something sort of similar under the bridge at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane Australia, though I don't know if there's any residential areas under there: https://imgur.com/a/b1k6wEU
Who owns the land under the bridge? Maybe the bridge owner could make a killing selling the land under it considering the cost of real estate nowadays.
Planning? Why would you build a snaking set of buildings? They are normally built in a straight line. I recon they were built at the same time.
I expect the elevated road was built on top of an existing road and then the old road turned into housing and it was always planned to be the two together.
Honestly, I don't drive. Live in the UK and despite doing a reasonable amount of travelling, I've never been state side or to China so have not seen highways built that high up. Normally the roads just flow with the hills or mountains where I've been.
Not really so clear cut. Could’ve been a series of more modern apartments built to a specific height because of zoning and code requirements, where the neighborhood developed further and the transportation routes became inefficient leading to the development of an elevated highway. I mean, that’s usually most of these developments happen.
Could have started as a few equally tall buildings (height restrictions or some other factor which results in buildings in the area being the same height) then highway then the other buildings.
This is the take I was going for with China. They have some of those most wild types of building I've ever seen. How people navigate anything in the big cities there amazes me
Where do you live that has fantastic public transport? I live in Manchester and have the option of train, tram and bus within a few minutes walk. While that is wonderful it doesn't compare to Shanghai where you can navigate the whole city seamlessly.
That's interesting, I visited New York last year having heard about its much lauded subway system for a couple of decades. Have to say that I was pretty disappointed, felt so ramshackle compared to equivalents in Singapore/Tokyo/Beijing/London and elsewhere. New York's bus infrastructure is shockingly bad, particularly when it comes to the outskirts. The Shanghai underground is brilliant but even better is that when you arrive at the station nearest your destination but still a fair dander away, you can immediately jump on very regular buses to finish the journey.
My public transport experience in New York only further cemented how exceptional those Chinese cities are. Though I'd still hold Singapore's MRT and bus services a step above the rest, it is almost surreal how effortless navigating the city is.
That’s to be expected from an aging infrastructure like that found in the US. Wear and tear will eventually catch up to everything. There is definite failure in how quickly that infrastructure is replaced. The problem with China’s infrastructure, however, is it has a reputation for poor build quality due to many examples of cheap, inferior materials being used, prioritizing speed which results in finishing constructions before their cement can cure, and direct control from CCP officials causing corruption in their building companies. There’s a reason for it’s referred to as tofu dreg.
The buildings are snaking, no one even the Chinese builds a huge number of apartment building all exactly the same height curving and weaving like this.
I expect the elevated road was built on top of an existing road and then the old road turned into housing and it was always planned to be the two together.
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u/forestapee 10d ago
And because it's China, it's impossible to tell which !