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Originally Posted by iheartthed
I was being sarcastic about 8 lanes, but all U.S. cities of any note are connected by 4 lane highways at minimum, with a wide center median made of concrete or a 100 foot grassy median and are 100% grade separated. Maine to Miami, Manhattan to The San Francisco Bay, you will likely travel the entire distance by car on at least a four lane highway. It's much the same in Europe too. So it is a bit of a culture shock when you get into countries where that is not the norm, and most long distance driving is done on two lane highways that are not grade separated.
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Today you can go from Porto Alegre (and soon from Pelotas, 300km south) to Brasília only using 2x2 or more:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Port...!3e0?entry=ttu but that's very recent development, maybe since 2020, I don't know exactly when the last "duplications" were completed.
2,114 km in 27 hours. In comparison, New York to Tulsa (Chandler Bing): 2,161 km in 21 hours.