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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Rock Of Gibraltar Airport

The Rock of Gibraltar (also called the Pillar of Hercules or by its Latin name, Calpe) is a monolithic limestone promontory located in Gibraltar, ...off the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

But, did you know this! The Gibraltar Airport runway has an intersection with a busy highway.

Yes! that's right, the runway and highway are at the same level and cross each other at a vehicular traffic crossings.

Take a look.




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8 comments:

  1. jeffersonNovember 1, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    That is unbelieveable

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  2. AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    I you had ever been the Gib -- I was there many times -- you would know why it's like this.

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  3. joealberoNovember 1, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    anonymous 5:23, obviously very FEW people have been there and that's why we brought it to you.

    It'snot like we posted pictures of a toilet seat, which everyone is familiar with.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM

    I can not stop looking at this, I may have to go see it for myself.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    For those who are avid plane watchers, it is an experience being this close to the planes. But it will only continue through 2010, as there are plans for a submerged tunnel to be constructed next year, which will end this odd town planning quirk.

    This will finally end the queues of traffic hopefully! But the Spanish customs have always been the bottleneck and not the runway barriers.

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  6. doggNovember 2, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    Have there been any accidents with this arrangement??

    dogg

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  7. AnonymousNovember 15, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    @dogg: No.

    It is perfectly safe. Police presence on both sides.

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  8. AnonymousApril 11, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    If you think about it, it isn't much different than what we do on bridges when a ship is coming through...

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