The widest road in the world and in Russia

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. Experts from a wide range of transport and construction sectors work on its solution. A modern highway is a complex and expensive construction. And where is the widest road in the world? There are several options.

What is expensive?

If you define the road not only as a purely motor road with several lanes in both directions, but also include dividing strips, noise protection and other structures, sidewalks, amenities, lighting and navigation systems, that is, to bring together two concepts - 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 the motorway, intended only for the movement of cars, is usually measured by lanes. The most global transport facilities have a total of more than two dozen. Advertising moves in the form of a possible placement on the entire width of the road 160 cars seem to be incorrect. There are cases when on the highway Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao multi-kilometer traffic jams with a width of 50 cars were formed. 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 section of 2.4 km long, connecting the Municipal Square and the Three Powers area in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, has 6 lanes for automobile traffic to each side. The total width of this street is 250 meters. Most of it is occupied by landscaping, recreational areas, ways for foot 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 entire young capital of Brazil, in 1960. At its widest point, it has a huge open space - an explant - near unique architectural sites designed by the great architect Oscar Niemeyer. This complex is considered the pearl of the world architecture, although, from the point of view of functionality, it is seriously criticized by both professionals and local residents.

Katy Freeway, Houston, USA

At the end of 2008, the extension of the highway between Houston and its suburbs - Katie - was completed. This highway is part of the Interstate 10 (I 10) highway, a state-owned road connecting 8 US states. High traffic intensity required bringing the total number of lanes for traffic to 26. Now about half a million cars a 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 designed for vehicles of high power, capable of moving at great speed. Section I10 highway near Houston - the fourth city in terms of population in the US, Katy Freivay - is the widest road in the world. Photos 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 the growth of the intensity of trucking and the increase in the number of cars.

Along the St. Petersburg ...

As you know, in our country to the roads a special, uneasy attitude. They traditionally refer to disasters, which, of course, do not simplify life, but make it more difficult. Therefore, the widest road in Russia is, like much in recent times, in the metropolitan metropolis. This claim is claimed by two grandiose Moscow highways - the Leningrad and Leninsky Prospects. In some places, the width of these streets reaches 120 meters.

Leningradka begins as a continuation of the main Moscow street - the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya from the square near the Belorussky railway station. This direction, connecting the two Russian capitals, since the foundation of Moscow was the most important, having the state significance. The road to Tver was the main entrance to the capital since the days of Yuri Dolgoruky, and from the founding of St. Petersburg acquired the status of the royal tract.

Another major thoroughfare in Moscow is the radial Leninsky Prospekt, running under the same name from the center, from the Big Yakimanka, to the Moscow Ring Road. The basis of this highway was the large Kaluga street that existed before.

Garden Ring road

Reconstruction of the center of Moscow, started in the Soviet era, assumed the maximum expansion of the main Moscow highways. To do this, the demolition of buildings interfering with this process was carried out, or even the movement of entire buildings to a distance of up to hundreds of meters. Due to this in the most loaded places of the Garden Ring movement is organized using the largest number of rows in the country.

Today, the widest road in Moscow, intended primarily for road transport, is the Sadovoye Ring site in the Zubovsky Boulevard district. Here you can move in a row of 8 cars in each direction. In some places, you can count 19 bands here.