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Why Texas highway flyovers are so high (www.tpr.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

tl;Dr "They make them higher, because they get a better elevation to let the traffic go faster"

They don't explain how that makes traffic faster, though.

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

Maybe the large transport vehicles don't have to slow as much (in theory) since there's a longer run up and a less severe kink to make the turn? Purely a guess.

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