Category: Odd + Funny Author : Steven Hodson Posted: December 22, 2008
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Excuse me – there’s a freeway in my building


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So this is what happens when you have two stubborn parties come together. The Hanshin Expressway takes a shortcut through the 5th and 7th floors of the Fukushima Gate Tower; also known as the Bee Hive. Apparently back in 1992; when this conglomeration of road and building came together, the building owner wanted to tear down the old building and rebuild. However the city planners had already allocated that space for the expressway.

This is the agreement they came to when neither party wanted to change their plans.

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[hat tip to Dark Roasted Blend]


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  • Ha Ha ... thats so cool !
  • Wow, that must have been quite a difficult build !
  • Anon
    bee hive - pretty appropriate name!
  • Gongos
    nobody cares
  • and you commented why?
  • D_CR3AT0R
    cause hes over 9000 winrars.
  • Jason
    that's cool.
  • ken
    cool
  • J2R
    steeeeeeeve, are you a beeeee. WIPEOUT
  • W...x
    not bein funny, fab pics nd all tht, but wunt it be very very loud in there...

    =]x
  • pr
    Life imitates art, to wit:

    One day making tracks
    In the prairie of Prax
    Came a north-going zax
    and a south going-zax
    ...
    Well, the world didn't stand still
    The world grew
    In a couple of years
    The new highway came through

    And they built it right over
    Those two stubborn Zax
    And left them there standing
    Unbudged in their tracks.

    - Dr. Seuss
  • Yes, indeed!
  • excellent LOL
  • well.... it's a compromise that works! :) I wonder what the sound is like when working on the 4th and 8th floors???
  • I wonder what tea-drinking is like on the first floor above the road.
    A drive through video on youtube would be awesome...
    I wonder whether the builders did like the compromise, but it surely is a rare piece of architecture.
  • bob
    gay!!
  • so cool
  • mizdarkeyes
    Someone asked about a drivethrough - here you are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnSilIeanBI
  • MAMAMAMAMATT
    buildings with roads awesome
  • Why Do You Want To Know?
    Pretty cool, but it sure would be terrible if that building came crashing down on the road. Who builds stuff like this and why?
  • Timespike
    When two stubborn people compromise, apparently you get... ...cool architectural phenomena.
  • Me
    I'm pretty sure the Seattle monorail does this too at some point.
  • wuojojojo thats great and crazy ,, love it!
  • :D
    That's awesome! I'd hate to live or work right above the road, though.
  • hooopy
    What happens if there is a crash on the freeway?
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