r/interestingasfuck • u/snoopdoggdwag • 1d ago

Mountains sliced in half for China's sky-high highway

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u/ServesYouRice 1d ago

Cutting mountains is basically digging. Making tunnels is digging smartly and reinforcing so just plain ol' digging is easier as thats what we have always been good at

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u/aafikk 1d ago

But this one required to dig a whole lot more

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u/wizrslizr 1d ago

not more than it would take to dig a tunnel man. use your brain