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Ferrari
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The world is a book and those who do not travel, read only a page. (Saint Augustine)
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. (George Moore)
Text 3 EUROPE BY ROAD
Do you know:
where in Europe they drive on the left?
which countries in Europe generally do not have toll roads?
where in Europe the world’s longest highway tunnel is?
the name of Europe’s most famous underwater tunnel? Where is it?
Read the text and mark the sentences below as true (t) or false (f).
The Millau Viaduct runs under the western Pyrenees.
The main north-south motorway in Greece has been rebuilt.
The Samport tunnel connects Paris and Barcelona.
Tolls are charged on all French roads.
You can get from Oslo to Bergen through a tunnel under the dangerous mountains.
The journey from Oslo to Bergen takes three hours.
If you travel via Channel Tunnel you must leave your car .either at Folkestone or Calais.
Driving in Europe is on the right-hand side, except in Britain, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus. (Some drivers switch their watches to the opposite wrist to remind them where the centerline should be.) The network of limited-access highways is modern, well-marked and expanding, most notably in Eastern Europe and in Greece. The latter has rebuilt its main north-south motorway and is working on the new east-west Via Egnatia Motorway and Rio-Antirio Bridge across the Gulf of Corinth.
The border between France and Spain is also the scene of much work, with the new Samport highway tunnel through the western Pyrenees and continued work on the spectacular Millau Viaduct over France’s Tarn gorge river, which will complete a six-lane motorway between Paris and Barcelona.
Many highways are incorporated into the green-sign European route system. The E-4 takes you from Helsinki to Stockholm and Copenhagen; the E-55 from Salzburg to Brindisi. Britain and Germany generally do not have toll roads. Tolls are charged on Italy’s autostrade and France’s auto routes, and they can be steep. Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland are charging tolls through “easy-pass” stickers, which must be purchased in advance.
The European Union is developing a common easy-pass system that would work on all toll roads, bridges, runnels, etc. There are many famous scenic drives off the fastest highways. Examples include Germany’s Romantic Road from Wurzburg to Munich, France’s Route Napoleon from the Riviera to Grenoble, Croatia’s dramatic Dalmatian coast drive south to Dubrovnik and Italy’s Amalfi coast highway.
The world’s longest highway tunnel was opened in Norway in November 2000. The 25-km (15 1/2-mile) Laerdal tunnel takes the new Oslo-Bergen highway under a rugged range of mountains, eliminating a three-hour ferry ride and high passes dangerous in winter. Also in 2000, Denmark and Sweden opened the Oresund bridge-and-tunnel connecting Copenhagen and Malmo, the final segment of a grand project to tie the Scandinavian Peninsula to the rest of the Continent.
Although it’s for rail only, motorists can take advantage of the 50-km Channel Tunnel via shuttle trains that carry cars, coaches and trucks. The shuttles operate between the Folkestone and Calais terminals at opposite ends of the tunnel, running every 15 minutes during peak periods and every hour at night.