Impressive, but only for a few kilometers: the Chinese-built motorway in Montenegro leads to a high bridge near Podgorica.
Build: Laura Bauschnak/The New York Time/Redux/Life
There is a small stretch of highway in Montenegro that no one can drive on. And a costly problem involving China.
CHarishmatic, eloquent, sentimental, sometimes loud: Dritan Abazovic is not one of those who are easily forgotten. The voice of the Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister fills the entire office, which is also due to the fact that Abazovic’s office is quite small. Like almost everything in Montenegro. The capital, Podgorica, has barely 160,000 inhabitants, with a maximum of 650,000 people living in the entire country.
On the other hand, Montenegro has something that many other smaller countries do not have: a very expensive highway. To be more precise: a very expensive Autobahn stump. From the capital, it turns northeast for 40 km, then the route ends abruptly without any exits or connections. It is an impressive void, set in a mountainous landscape, which is no exaggeration to call it spectacular. But it’s just nothing. Part of the freeway is closed to the public. It goes out of nowhere, it is ridiculed in Montenegro.
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