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Northern sea route

riviere Bayonne bridges and highway rough transport going 100 kmh

cross section of road

Opening new 🛣️ roads in new plantations

Skardu Road | Documentary | Land Sliding https://lnkd.in/d8BMHkSp Strategic Highway 1 (S-1), also known as the Gilgit–Skardu Road or Skardu Road, is a 167-kilometre-long (104 mi) highway in Pakistan that links the cities of Gilgit and Skardu in Gilgit−Baltistan. It was constructed by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and the Association of Chinese Engineers from 1970 to 1982. The highway begins south of Gilgit on the Karakoram Highway, near Juglot, and extends eastward towards Skardu. The surface was initially gravel, but some sections were later paved. The road is winding and, in some places, only wide enough for one vehicle to pass at a time. On other parts of the highway it is bordered by a cliff drop of hundreds of meters unprotected by guardrails. Total travel time between Gilgit and Skardu is around 4 hours. The highway can be blocked for weeks at a time depending on conditions (though two to five days is more common). The road ends in Skardu, the capital of Skardu District and Baltistan division, at an elevation of 2,226 m (7,303 ft) above the sea level. It is one of the most dangerous roads in the world. Since the early eighties, the road had not been renovated, and was in a very poor condition. Fatal accidents, landslides, rockfalls and floods, were not uncommon along the route. Consequently, a large number of vehicles, with passengers and goods, used to fall off the road into the Indus River flowing down below. Several dozens of people died in accidents every year. The incidence of mishaps increased especially during the rainy season, when the broken and slippery road, coupled with the hydro-meteorological hazards, wreaked havoc, blocking the road every now and then, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. As a result, tourists either preferred travelling to Skardu by air or visited other areas in the north if they were travelling by road. Successive Pakistani governments had promised to renovate the road since 2009, but work was continuously delayed.[3] It wasn't until 2017 that work finally started on this important project. It cost Rs. 31 billion, and took four years to complete. On December 16, 2021, the upgraded road was inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan.The road has now been increased in width from 3.6 meters to 7.3 meters to allow a better and smooth flow of traffic. Moreover, the time it earlier took to reach Skardu from Gilgit was about 10 hours, which will now be reduced to four hours. However, the road project has been completed without tunnels and alignments which were initially part of the upgrade plan designed by the Frontier Works Organization (FWO). Thus, the uncertainty of closure of the road due to landslides still exists. 📌 #Skardu #S1 #Karakoram #highway #gilgitbaltistan ✏🗣 #MHakimAwan 📸 #MHakimAwan #tourwandermore #WanderMore #wanderer #wanderlust #wander #travel #tour #travelingphotographer #naturephotography #MHakimAwan

Flying this route out of #London is a great opportunity to study the very first part of our route for [GB Row]: the #RiverThames and #ThamesEstuary! 🕙 Setting off from Tower Bridge at the top of the tide, we'll have six hours to get as far as we can on the evening of 9th June before the tide turns against us, probably somewhere around Tilbury after we pass under the #M25 at the QE2 Bridge. As it'll be #springtides, and the adverse tide will run faster than we can row, we'll probably need to find a spot at the edge of the river to #anchor up ⚓️ for a few hours around here. While most the focus is on challenges we'll face at #sea, just *getting there* carries significant risks - especially when you're facing backwards. There are jetties and pontoons that stick out into the river, huge metal mooring #buoys, lots of traffic that graduates fast from city boats and river taxis to #containerships coming in and out of Tilbury or London Gateway ports. We need to be absolutely prepared and alert during this section: 🧭 Making sure we're in the right part of the river 👀 Keeping a lookout at all times for #vessels, objects and infrastructure in the water 📢 Listening to the correct VHF #radio channels in each segment of the river so we can respond quickly to instructions ⚠️ Being aware of shallow areas as the water drops towards #lowtide and #darkness sets in for that first night🌙. #routeplanning #navigation #expedition #adventure #oceanrowing #GBrowchallenge #seachangerow #planning #aerialview #shipping #navigatingthethames #day1 [PLA

North-Vietnam scenic roads

Skardu Road | Documentary | Land Sliding https://lnkd.in/d2-bWCPe Strategic Highway 1 (S-1), also known as the Gilgit–Skardu Road or Skardu Road, is a 167-kilometre-long (104 mi) highway in Pakistan that links the cities of Gilgit and Skardu in Gilgit−Baltistan. It was constructed by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and the Association of Chinese Engineers from 1970 to 1982. The highway begins south of Gilgit on the Karakoram Highway, near Juglot, and extends eastward towards Skardu. The surface was initially gravel, but some sections were later paved. The road is winding and, in some places, only wide enough for one vehicle to pass at a time. On other parts of the highway it is bordered by a cliff drop of hundreds of meters unprotected by guardrails. Total travel time between Gilgit and Skardu is around 4 hours. The highway can be blocked for weeks at a time depending on conditions (though two to five days is more common). The road ends in Skardu, the capital of Skardu District and Baltistan division, at an elevation of 2,226 m (7,303 ft) above the sea level. It is one of the most dangerous roads in the world. Since the early eighties, the road had not been renovated, and was in a very poor condition. Fatal accidents, landslides, rockfalls and floods, were not uncommon along the route. Consequently, a large number of vehicles, with passengers and goods, used to fall off the road into the Indus River flowing down below. Several dozens of people died in accidents every year. The incidence of mishaps increased especially during the rainy season, when the broken and slippery road, coupled with the hydro-meteorological hazards, wreaked havoc, blocking the road every now and then, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. As a result, tourists either preferred travelling to Skardu by air or visited other areas in the north if they were travelling by road. Successive Pakistani governments had promised to renovate the road since 2009, but work was continuously delayed.[3] It wasn't until 2017 that work finally started on this important project. It cost Rs. 31 billion, and took four years to complete. 📌 hashtag #Skardu hashtag #S1 hashtag #Karakoram hashtag #highway hashtag #gilgitbaltistan ✏🗣 hashtag #MHakimAwan 📸 hashtag #MHakimAwan Follow us Facebook https://lnkd.in/dCjm5APQ Instagram https://lnkd.in/d9r5KPJY LinkedIn https://lnkd.in/dVcHzzNR Telegram https://lnkd.in/dfWnz4TK TikTok https://lnkd.in/dw4rpS8J Twitter https://lnkd.in/dCSnpPGt Threads https://lnkd.in/dTJYgxZu YouTube https://lnkd.in/ds6fnH5M Whatsapp channel https://lnkd.in/dkwk7mej hashtag #TourWanderMore hashtag #wandermore hashtag #wanderer hashtag #wanderlust hashtag #wander hashtag #travel hashtag #tour hashtag #travelingphotographer hashtag #naturephotography hashtag

Roman roads > modern roads

More roads = more traffic. This is known as "Induced Demand" (Duranton & Turner (2011)). #publictransportation #thebottleneck #saveplanet #unep #naturebasedsolutions