projectsomewhere
My random collection of virtual things
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Photoset reblogged from pictures of the day
For the last 500 years, the locals of Nongriat in Meghalaya, India have grown several hundred bridges across the region’s numerous water channels, using just the roots of local ribber trees. Some of the bridges extend over 100 feet in length and are strong enough to support more than 50 people at a time.
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Photo reblogged from OnEarth magazine
Did you know that there’s an official interstate bicycle highway system? Sure, there are only two routes officially designated (out of that whole brilliant network in the map above), and nothing has happened since back in 1982, but, according to DOT secretary Ray LaHood, there’s new life for the U.S. Bicycle Route System. Read more about it.
