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Old Posted Jan 24, 2024, 5:10 AM
wwmiv wwmiv is offline
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Originally Posted by IluvATX View Post
Atlanta has some good ones, being so hilly you can’t see the skyline in spots that are extremely close by. Then, Bam!
Ehhhhhh. I’ve spent a lot of time in Atlanta and although the skyline is amazing it has so many bam-ish moments at the top of every ridgeline from 100 miles away, by the time you reach the actual bam it is kindof underwhelming. I was trying to keep the list to those cities where there’s an approach that has a sudden reveal and not much before that at all.

That said: Austin’s got a NUMBER of great sudden bam moments on all of its highways, except southbound 35. Even 360 (CityView) and 183 (Colorado Bridge) have a single very specific “bam” moment:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zBS8Pb81UTM5a2nt5?g_st=ic
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9QjxY4NnnTeG4C6NA?g_st=ic
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