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Tokyo Aqua Line
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I'm starting a pinned topics section based on factual information and trivia related to real things that have inspired some of the Wangan Midnight mythology. I was convinced to do this by reading IDW's Facebook and Main Page trivia on ins announcement section and wanted to do one here to spur discussion. I also came across a little gem from Jalopnik that reminded me just how fascinating some things regarding the real life locations can be. Here's the article regarding some of the most wasteful transportation projects of modern time. http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-most-wasteful-...odern-472052244![user posted image](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17ok2itsfzh50jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg) I quote verbatim from the poster who suggested Aqua Line: QUOTE (TokyoBayAquaLine) | Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
It cost 11.2 Billion USD at the time of opening, and it was made solely to make the hour and half long trek through downtown Tokyo quicker by over an hour. It was a massive industrial undertaking, and was started decades before completion. Its cost was a brilliant show of needless excess, as by the time of opening people simply couldn't afford to take it, making it pretty much useless.
Original toll was something ridiculous, like $25USD one way, making it only viable for truckers, buses, and hashiriya (street racers) who would race down it's insanely long underwater tunnel. Although since going down in price to something more reasonable, it's still rarely used by the general public.
It's estimated it will take over 200 years at it's current rate of traffic flow to be repaid back by the general populace, and by that time it will have ballooned in cost due to maintenance, etc. It was basically a show of engineering force from Japan, that unfortunately contributed heavily to Japan's rising debt.
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It's quite interesting to note that something like the expressway that has spawned so many stories was actually an exercise in excess.
Give me feedback and I'll put more up in the future.
This post has been edited by The J on Apr 13 2013, 08:36 AM
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@J Interesting piece of architecture and history over there... come to think of it, it's interesting how things would look like when you're at the parking area
@Gunma Got any pics of the Aqualine's parking area?
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