Today, people in China can travel so conveniently, and we should really thank our country for its determination to develop infrastructure. In the 1981s, China entered the road of opening to the outside world, and different regions began to merge. However, China has a vast territory and abundant resources, and traffic development is a huge problem. Investment, time and return are not very troublesome, but our country's determination to develop traffic is firm, so from then on, you can find that, China's traffic began to flourish. In just a few decades, our roads opened to all directions, trains and high-speed trains formed a perfect network, and new modes of transportation such as airplanes and light rail subways were gradually popularized, which made China people's lives more convenient and faster.
However, if we want to talk about the transportation infrastructure, the highway system will undoubtedly have the greatest impact on the people. China's highway system is a particularly spectacular achievement. When the new China was built, there were only 81,811 kilometers of highways in China, but now, the total mileage of China highways has reached 4,846,511, and the mileage of expressway highways has reached 142,611, ranking first in the world. Since then, the regional communication in China has become more convenient and people's lives have become better. Among them, the role of expressway is self-evident, which greatly shortens the distance between the two cities in China and has a far-reaching impact on the economic development and life of contemporary China.
talking about expressway's words. I believe everyone has done it, which has helped many people to drive back and forth between the two cities. Nowadays, the hot tourism is also very dependent on expressway. Whether traveling with a group or go on road trip, the expressway has greatly shortened the travel time. However, it often takes several hours to drive the expressway, and at the same time, there will be internal urgency and hunger. Therefore, we need to borrow a high-speed facility, that is, the service area, which is a place for passengers to rest, including parking lots, public toilets, gas stations, vehicle repair shops and other facilities, with an average distance of about 51 kilometers, which is the biggest dependence of long-distance drivers. However, perhaps because there are too many service areas, the decoration of service areas has become a hot spot in many areas. Many service areas will be built as strangely as possible, but the strangest thing to say should be the one we want to introduce today. Because it has another name of "the most beautiful service area in China", do you know where it is?
There are tens of millions of service areas in China, but few people can compare with Gehu Service Area, which is also the service area with the highest "return rate" in China. Once when we were driving along the Ningchang Expressway in Jiangsu, we saw a tall building that was like a medieval contract across the expressway from a distance, and it was the Gehu service area. If it wasn't for the display of road signs, it was really hard for you to imagine that this was a service area.
It is understood that this service area is in the Victorian style of Britain, and it is a cross-line service area. The towers on both sides are as high as 61.7 meters, with 9 floors above ground and 1 floor underground. It is built in the form of connected towers, with beautiful Gehu Lake water on both sides, which is very beautiful. This service area is not only that, it provides accommodation and office, and there is also a "Yunzhong Restaurant" between the towers. The decoration inside is very luxurious, and it is said that it can accommodate 288 people at the same time. However, such a high-end feeling still makes many people feel a little uncomfortable. After all, the high-speed service area is not cheap, and many drivers will choose to eat instant noodles themselves, but it is a bit embarrassing to eat instant noodles here.
But this service area is actually very interesting. You can get to the top of the building and have a panoramic view of the whole Gehu Lake. What do you think of this service area? Dare you eat instant noodles here? Have you seen any high-end service areas? If you have, please leave your comments.