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All Japan Mito Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24

Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24

The only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.

Mito, Japan

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Pylon 24 in Mito, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, is the only electricity pylon in the world that has been constructed over a two-lane road. It is a part of the powerline that runs from Watari Substation to Kashiwabara Substation. Although the rest of the powerline largely runs along the road, other pylons are next to it rather than over it.

Standing 45 meters tall, the pylon carried 12 conductors and two ground wires on seven crossbars. You might not be an electrician or someone who understands all of the specifics of powerlines and substations, but know that this pylon carries enough live energy to do serious damage to cars and passersby moving underneath its structure if something were to go wrong.

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  • Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~js4m-isgi/tettou/tettou113.htm
  • Wikipedia: Uchihara, Ibaraki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchihara,_Ibaraki
Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24
Mito, 319-0323
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36.354488, 140.371627

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