Uchihara-machi

Places in this region

Image of Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24 located in Uchihara-machi, Japan | Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24. (Creative Commons)
Uchihara-machi, Japan

Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24

Only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic

Pylon 24 in Uchihara, a town in Ibaraki, Japan's Higashiibaraki District, is the only electricity pylon in the world that has been constructed over a two-lane road. It is a part of the powerline... »

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