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A musical road is a road, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body in the form of a musical tune.

Asphaltophone

The first known musical road, the Asphaltophone, was created in October 1995 in Gylling, Østjylland, Denmark, bytwo Danish artists.

The Asphaltophone is made from a series of raised pavement markers, spaced out at intermittent intervals so that as a vehicle drives over the markers, the vibrations caused by the wheels can be heard inside the car.

Melody Roads in Asia

In Japan, a man accidentally scraped some markings into a road with a bulldozer and drove over them, and realised that it was possible to create tunes depending on the depth and spacing of the grooves.

In 2007, the Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute  used the same concept of cutting grooves into the concrete.

Another singing road can be find in Anyang, South Korea.

Unlike the Japanese roads, however, which were designed to attract tourists, the Singing Road is intended to help motorists stay alert and awake – 68% of traffic accidents in South Korea are due to inattentive, sleeping or speeding drivers.

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