Hoovey689

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Japanese repair quake-ravaged road in just six days

Due to the extensive damage in Japan caused by the massive earthquake and resultant tsunami on March 11, many have questioned if the island nation can recover in a year, much less a few months. If the swiftness with which the Japanese can repair roads is any indication, we wouldn't bet against the country cleaning up this catastrophe in short order.

As a result of the quake, a 150-meter section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka was absolutely obliterated, with massive chasms running right through the middle of the road. Work crews at the NEXCO road repair company sprang into action on March 17, working at a fevered pitch to help get their country on the road to recovery, literally. Amazingly, after only six days of labor, the road is silky smooth and ready for travel. Look at the the before and after photos above to see just how amazing this feat is.

Given the fact that road crews in the U.S. can spend three or more months repairing a single lane of concrete, only to leave the orange barrels on the road for another two weeks, we're blown away by this feat of engineering. Simply amazing.


http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/24/j...just-six-days/

knihc2008

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Meanwhile in San Diego there's a pothole the size of half my car I have to avoid every day coming out of school that has been there for about two months

lex-phil

wow. Well, if anybody can get through a devastation of that magnitude quickly and effectively, it would have to be the Japanese.

raptor22

wow great job there

and i agree with the comments about how slow we are in repairing roads and potholes in the states i'm so sick of all the potholes

bitkahuna

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im amazed they'd do that while there's still aftershocks, but i guess it's a critical highway for transporting goods (and probably humanitarian relief).

very very impressive!

Allen K

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That's how you get things done!

Puts our freeway workers to shame.

caddyowner

Heard on WJR-Detroit this morning:

Traffic reporter: "Traffic on the Southfield freeway will be restricted to one lane in each direction this weekend."

Host Paul W. Smith: "What, are they sharpening the potholes?"

Heres a great story on Wal-Mart's response to the disaster in Japan:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...hatsNewsSecond

votru

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wow, hat off to Japanese people

IS-SV

Well done on the repair.

(In China they could probably fix it even faster)

mmarshall

Like I said in another thread, the Japanese are an industrious, hard-working people. If they could rebuild all of their burned-out cities after the mass-incendiary and atomic raids our B-29 bombers did to them in World War II, they can certainly handle this.

That's why I'm expecting some temporary supply and production-shortages of Japanese-built vehicles (and vehicle parts) for awhile, but nothing that severe in the long run.

Blackraven

Lol, in the Philippines (where I'm from), something like this could take years :P

At least one year of construction and probably another due to corruption and red tape

mmarshall

The Phillippines, while not necessarily considered backward, is generally not as advanced a country as Japan, and they may not have the same level of equipment and technology to work with.

GS3Tek

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very impressive-talk about efficient

oh yeah. you got 5 guys standing around while 1 does the work. 1 to supervise, another one to supervise the supervisor......

mmarshall

That's because, here, you often have only one guy who knows how to do the work correctly.

ekc

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In China, by the time they're done with the last stretch of the road, the beginning stretch is probably already starting to crumple.

In the US, the same stretch of road will take 2 years to repair. Not just because of the workers, but also complaints from nearby residents about noise level, traffic, dust, smell, health hazards, etc..., and a myraid of bureaucratic delays.

Major props to the Japanese. Their ability to remain calm, patient, and orderly during this catastrophe is something the rest of the world can learn about.