![]() ![]() On a European level, Egnatia will link the major industrial centers of the West with the East. It provides an improved link with the Greek metropolitan area of Thessaloniki. Greek officials believe the route will regain its regional significance in trade, investment and commerce. The original highway was one of the major links to Rome. The route also includes 43 river crossings and 11 railway crossings.Įgnatia approximately traces a major trade route of the ancient world, the Via Egnatia, built in 130 B.C. Approximately half the project's cost was spent on bridges and tunnels. The Egnatia Motorway features 1,650 major bridges and 76 tunnels along its route as it passes through 330 towns and villages. The European Union, the Greek Government and the European Investment Bank have financed the project. (416 miles) from the port city of Igoumenitsa on Greece's western border to the city of Kipi on Greece's eastern border with Turkey. The �6.7-billion (US$9.5-billion) project stretches 670 km. Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis opened the final section of the highway in May 2009. By any standard, the Egnatia Motorway, is one of the world's great infrastructure accomplishments. One of the world's major infrastructure achievements is nearing completion in Greece. That trend continues as major new investments stretching from Great Britain to Greece are at various stages of development. Thus do transportation infrastructure and the destination points it links continue their perpetual dance of development.Įurope has been rich with supersized infrastructure projects over the past decade, with spectacular bridges, highways and tunnels taking shape to help speed cargo and citizens alike. Written by Christina Uss, the acclaimed author of The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, which was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the year.L ogistics and distribution locations are only as good as the lines on the map that connect them. #COLOSSUS OF ROADS MOVIE#Will Rick be able to clear the notorious traffic problem on Sepulveda Pass in time for his parents to deliver Polish food to the movie studio and land the catering contract they need to keep their company afloat? SPLAT (Stop Poor LA Traffic), BLAM (Bike-Loving Amazing Mamas), and the TCD (Traffic Calming Division) have their own methods of curing the city's dilemma and will undermine Rick's efforts however they can. Anything can be hung with duct tape!īut of course, it's not that easy. #COLOSSUS OF ROADS INSTALL#He will restore the signs to their original glory and find a way to install them strategically to rectify the traffic. But Rick, The Colossus of Roads, has ulterior motives. The signs will be hung all over Los Angeles to beautify the city with art. He has big ideas, but not enough resources- until his artistic friend, Mila brings him to a Girl Scout meeting.Įvery week at Miss Diamond's art studio, the scouts paint recycled traffic signs with their own designs. Rick has been studying maps and traffic patterns for years, and devises solutions to improve Los Angeles' notoriously terrible traffic that he calls his Snarl Solutions. ![]() "Traffic is a puzzle with one correct solution. Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles-his parent's failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it. ![]()
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