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Eine Reise durch viel Nichts ist dieser Roadtrip entlang des Highway 50 in Nevada. Von der Hauptstadt Carson City geht es über Fallon, Austin und Eureka nach Ely. Orte, von denen auch die meisten Amerikaner kaum je gehört haben dürften. Keiner hat mehr als ein paar Hundert Einwohner. Und das ist dann auch schon die Zivilisation, die man entlang des Highway 50 findet. Der Weg ist das Ziel, hier stimmt es mal wieder. Vor fast 40 Jahren, im Juli 1986, erschien im amerikanischen «Life»-Magazin ein Artikel über diese «einsamste» Straße Amerikas, die von West nach Ost durch den einzigen Bundesstaat ...
DPA (German)
Washington (AFP) - A section of one of America's busiest highways, which collapsed some two weeks ago after a fire, reopened Friday, officials said. An overpass on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed on June 11 after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames. One person died and several traffic lanes were taken out of service. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro earlier predicted it would take months to fully restore the road, but state transportation authorities were able to construct a temporary roadway, filling it in with a recycled glass aggregate and paving over it. Among the solu...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - A body was recovered from the debris of a collapsed overpass on one of the busiest highways in the United States, authorities said Monday, after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames. On Sunday the vehicle carrying gasoline crashed and caught fire in northeast Philadelphia on Interstate 95, a major artery connecting large cities along the US East Coast. Parts of an elevated roadway fell onto lanes below, with television images showing flames and billowing smoke coming from a crumbled section of the street. "The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) has confirmed that body...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - A fire caused an overpass on one of America's busiest highways to collapse early Sunday in Philadelphia, authorities said, as reports attributed the cause to a truck that burst into flames under the bridge. The collapse took out four traffic lanes along an elevated section of heavily traveled Interstate 95, though no injuries were immediately reported. "Companies arrived on location and they found... heavy fire from a vehicle -- we don't know what type of vehicle it was," Battalion Chief Derek Bowmer of the Philadelphia Fire Department told a news conference. Bowmer added t...
AFP
By Srijit Das A video showing vehicles running on a section of Yongxiu-Wucheng highway submerged underwater during the flood season in China's Jiangxi province is being shared on social media with a false claim that it shows a 'water highway' in India. The long flooded road in the video can be seen surrounded by a huge waterbody on which the vehicles are seen passing by splashing water while crossing it. Erik Solheim, former Norwegian diplomat and former Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme tweeted the video with a caption saying, "Incredible India! I finally encountered ...
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