>>1186212So is this the power of Chink engineering? Jesus how could you be so fucking stupid? I'm genuinely amazed.
>That curved design is actually the shortest/most efficient route possibleYes. Obviously. Applying the gradient along the route is just so fucking dumb. What have we been doing all these years building overpasses? Clearly, the best solution is to add the distance for the ascent/descent *outside* the route! Why travel towards your destination while climbing a grade when you could travel towards your destination, turn 90 degrees, climb a grade that's orthogonal to your route, clear the obstruction, and then come back before continuing in the direction you were going? So brilliant. I'm glad these based Chinese engineers will be designing all of our infrastructure soon. Surely these couldn't be a deliberate waste of resources to generate more money for the state-owned concrete and construction companies.
See pic related. Grey is street level. Orange is one level up; the elevated freeway and bike way. Black is two levels up; the elevated busway and bikeway when it crosses the highway. Green is the gradient.
