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[–] Yondu_the_Ravager 88 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ah yeah they should’ve just done the American thing instead and bulldozed the whole strip of town to put in a 20 lane wide interstate with a Bucees and Walmart/s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Should have bulldozed the whole Rhine

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They basically did that.

What people call „Rhine“ is a heavily straightened and channelized artificial water road.

Especially in the 19th century they cut off many loops and bends to make it more accessible for ships, to make the land useable and to get rid of flooding (narrator: „it didn’t work“):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinbegradigung

(don’t have an english article, just look at the pictures)

[–] Schmuppes 2 points 1 year ago

The road is still in the same place, but it's a tunnel nowadays.

[–] instamat 2 points 1 year ago

Stop it! I can only get so hard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

America has done almost the exact same thing as in this photo: https://images.app.goo.gl/i6UN6uCZWBjUqNL57