What is the purpose of this rather curious looking structure? Where is it located?Answer: This is the lotus bridge on the border between China and Macau. China follows driving on the right side of the road while Macau follows driving on the left side. The bridge facilitates the switch. Iam + Balls, hotmanoj, Rajesh K, Kamal Rathi, Karthik, Nemani, Rajeev and Krithi got it. Well done.
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Left hand & right hand driving switch
To get vehicles to switch from the left-side to the right-side of the road , and vice-versa, when crossing some political boundary (don't know which)?
Lotus bridge between Macau and Mainland China. The odd structure is to facilitate switching from RH to LH side driving.
- Rajesh K
The Lotus Bridge is located about 1 minute of road traffic west of Macau International Airport. The bridge has three lanes in each direction, with the south set of lanes following the custom of Macau's driving on the left towards mainland China to the west. The approach roads to the bridge on the mainland side have an unusual arrangement to facilitate switching traffic to driving on the right in mainland China.
The Lotus Bridge is located about 1 minute of road traffic west of Macau International Airport. The bridge has three lanes in each direction, with the south set of lanes following the custom of Macau's driving on the left towards mainland China to the west. The approach roads to the bridge on the mainland side have an unusual arrangement to facilitate switching traffic to driving on the right in mainland China.
Lotus bridge between China and Macau. Changing from left/right driving
It is the 'Lotus Bridge' between china and macau. Macau drives on the left side, while china drives on the right and this bridge crosses the border. The unique shape lets the traffic change from left to right and vice-versa.
lotus bridge
It looks like a grade separator for left/right hand drive and may be between two countries with different road rules (somewhere in europe)
krithi
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