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In Kuala Lumpur, what protects from devastating floods also alleviates traffic congestion: the world′s first dual traffic/ water tunnel.
This enormous tube tunnel will connect by rail not just the two sides of Istanbul, but two continents. And for an added challenge, they′re building the thing under water.
Switzerland means chocolate. Neutrality. Heidi. And the Alps. But particularly the Alps. They extend over more than half of the country and epitomize “Switzerland„ to the rest of the world—and even to the Swiss, who don′t have a common language to connect them. Those snowy peaks divide the country geographically, but symbolically they unite it, a scenic and impressive source of national pride.
The Stonecutter′s Bridge, one of the largest cable-stayed structures in the world, was just what Hong Kong needed to ease the traffic woes of the overpopulated city.
To provide to water the metropolitan desert that is Los Angeles, two huge tunnels are being built along the (very active) San Andreas fault line.
