highway
16 Oct 2021
An electrified highway, with infrastructure similar to that used in a tram, is being billed as one of the solutions to reduce the heavy toll of carbon emissions linked to long-haul transport. Electronic giant Siemens has already built the technology on several stretches of German highways, enabling trucks to charge their batteries while they drive. The Down to Earth team went to see how it works.
24 Jul 2021
Drone images show a pile of vehicles swept away by floods, blocking a highway in central China's Zhengzhou. Torrential rains hit the city, leading to at least 25 deaths and millions of dollars in damages.
28 Mar 2021
In a crime that shocked the nation, the men raped a woman in front of her two children after she ran out of fuel on a highway.
3 Feb 2021
Aerial images show the Highway 1 section which collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, California. Heavy rains caused debris flows of trees, boulders and mud that washed out a 150-foot section of the road.
28 Jan 2021
Army deploys 100 female soldiers to keep peace on Kaduna-Abuja highway
21 Dec 2020
Boko Haram abducts 35 travellers on Damaturu-Maiduguri Highway
7 Dec 2020
A light aircraft has made a dramatic emergency landing on an interstate as cars cruised down the highway at night.
10 Sep 2020
Multiple accidents occurred in the wuse area of Abuja after an FRSC official chased a car on the highway.
26 Jul 2020
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20 Oct 2019
An escaped circus zebra caused a traffic collision on a highway in northern Germany on Wednesday morning. The zebra was later shot dead by police.
4 Sep 2017
Fashola Inspects Apapa-Iganmu-Ijora Highway.
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