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by jve 2668 days ago
Germany is building a wired one on A1 (5km length). Overhead contact line for trucks and looks ugly: http://www.thedrive.com/news/13448/germany-to-install-overhe...
2 comments

How are overhead lines any more ugly than a sprawling freeway?
Well in my country, they try to hide electrical lines by burying them. When some works are there and there are air electrical lines, they usually do just that.
I'm getting a wall:

    No Access
    The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country.
Lithuania (Europe) here. Is this GDPR thing or something more?
FWIW I can view the site in Israel.

The article has this Youtube video embedded, which shows the overhead contact lines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l9ieoIazc

No problem from Latvia. But there are plenty of articles if you search for "germany ehighway"
I am in UK and it's all fine.
No problem from Germany. Interesting, why would they block Lithuania?