A woman had a bit of a surprise after she drove over a short stretch of the original Route 66 through Springfield, Missouri, which now plays a song through your tires if you drive at exactly 30 mph. A clip of the new road was shared on Facebook by Cave Guide Corey.
Route 66 is probably America’s most famous highway, and although it’s long since been bypassed and broken up, you can still drive on small sections of it. This road in Springfield is part of the original Route 66, and a portion of it has now been turned into a musical road.
A musical road might sound like the stuff of fantasy, but there are a few of them around. They have sections of pavement patterned with strips with varying spacing. This allows for tires to vibrate at specific speeds, and in turn this produces musical notes…