Those of you in Louisville have just survived Restore 64 (during which entire portions of a major interstate through the city were closed down for weekends and then for weeks at a time).
We just survived Restore A9. A large section of this autobahn was closed Saturday morning as we tried to travel from Leipzig to Berlin. Signage was almost non-existent as three full lanes of travel converged SLOWLY into one and then exited the autobahn onto a surface road detour. (In Louisville there were other interstate options during the shutdown.) We saw a German television station that evening covering the event, and though we don't speak the language, it was clear that other motorists were just as confused and unhappy as we were.
And traveling from Berlin to Nuremberg yesterday we faced several spots where the autobahn was restricted to one lane of traffic.
The only thing missing was the orange barrels used in road construction zones in the U.S.!
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They have to make up for the incredible speeds in other areas. I had actually heard that near the cities and during rush hour it's just as bad as anywhere else. It makes sense that construction would foul things up, too. Now, if you'd only gotten those Nike tennis shoes & a Starbucks, you could've closed your eyes & pretended you were in the good ol' USA!
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