Early April 2014 the first Glowing Lines was constructed on
the N329 provincial highway near Oss (Province of Noord-Brabant). The
artwork was designed by artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde and the
road was constructed by Heijmans. This makes the project the first
light-emitting highway pilot in the world. The Glowing Lines are part of
the internationally known and award-winning Smart Highway concept. With
this concept for the intelligent highway of tomorrow, Roosegaarde and
Heijmans are jointly working on innovating the Dutch landscape in which
poetry, design, technology, safety and an energy-neutral future
converge. The
Glowing Lines make the road sustainable, safer and poetic. Roosegaarde
and Heijmans have developed a light-emitting lining that charges itself
during the day and glows at night. For designer Daan Roosegaarde, the
Glowing Lines are genuine Dutch landscape artwork with their ‘Zen-like
lines of light’. Furthermore, it is a sustainable alternative for areas
where there is no conventional lighting and they provide drivers a frame
of reference, because the lines clearly make the road’s trajectory
visible.
Read more here.
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