Osaka office building has highway built right into it

Intern Emily found this awesome photo of an office building in Osaka that has the Hanshin expressway running through it.

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[vagrant]

This is real and not Photoshop. I saw it myself last year while on a train in Osaka. I didn't know it was an expressway though. From the angle on the train I couldn't see cars and thought perhaps it was some kind of train station. (I would not have guessed an expressway.)

[stuz]

Osakan city planning in a nutshell. More pics here http://anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com/2008/11/drive-thru-office.html

[Heather]

You should file this under "only in japan"
That's pretty awesome.

[Pallavicini]

There's a place in New York where the highway goes directly underneath some apartment buildings as well.

http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/uppermanhattan/washingtonheights/bridgeapts/index.htm

Doesn't look nearly as cool though.