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California’s Singing Highway
September 22, 2008
They say it’s not over until the fat lady sings. Well, it’s over. In the desert town of Lancaster, CA, a stretch of road that played the tune of The William Tell Overture (the theme from “The Lone Ranger” for you folks who grew up in the 1950’s) as motorists drove across it at about 55mph. But tomorrow, they’ll call it a wrap—paving over it because of noise complaints from nearby residents.
The Honda company spent several days cutting grooves into the concrete to make a road version of a player piano. It was built for a commercial, but some say it could be used to wake up motorists on long stretches of highway where people tend to sleep at the wheel.
While it lasted, the singing road was unique to
To hear what the singing highway sounds and looks like go to Google and type in:
Posted by Loren Faulkner on September 22, 2008 | Comments (3)
In response to: California’s Singing Highway
Jessica Gallagher commented:
That road is fantastic! Apparently there are two others in Japan. Thanks for writing about this.
In response to: California’s Singing Highway
P HILL commented:
Whoa - that's very cool. The road - not the part about paving it over. But if I lived next to it, I might be less enthusiastic, too!
In response to: California’s Singing Highway
Jennifer Reuter commented:
I think if they pave over it… They should at least move it somewhere in the antelope valley where there are no residents near by. It is truly historic, especially since this is definitely something people that come to Lancaster would want to see and we don’t really have a lot of that here. The neighbor nearest the noise is all for it, he even put out a sign to save the music. Not to mention it is the only one in the US and 1 of only 4 in the world!
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