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Japan's gate tower building features highway exit ramp passing through its middle floors

Japan's gate tower building features highway exit ramp passing through its middle floors

Popkin
Jul 30, 2025
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Sometimes, disputes between property owners and highway planners result in surreal looking buildings, like this Japanese office building. The Gate Tower Building in Osaka, Japan features something no other office building in the country has. A highway exit ramp passes directly through its middle floors.

In the 1980s…

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