Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Dear Xanadians! (and everyone else reading this) We have created a fully fledged connection between the mainland and Newspring. Starting now, you can send your wagoneers and find your way to Newspring (and vice versa) in style. I introduce to you: the Newspring Connection Highway. The highway connects the main highway system built in these areas by Harthim to the the absolutely stunning bridge system made by Shmeric: Key Facts: 887 tiles (3.55 Km) long Broken ground: November 27th, 2016 - Finished: February 4th, 2018 Materials needed: far too many to count, in bricks alone estimated 29k, dirt well over 50k 130 tile long, 3 wide tunnel 3 bridges, two of which maximum length (38 tiles) and witdth (3 tiles) This highway was designed based on a philosophy: making travel as fast as possible. Because no other highway design would have been appropriate to connect into the majestic Newspring Bridge. That is the reason why this highway is (perhaps) one of the most advanced highways in wurm, with maximum slopes of 5 (except for a single 25 tile section of 15 slopes), using bridges over valleys, tunnels through mountains and carved passes - making up for some beautiful scenery along the way. However this would have not been possible without an amazing team: Shmeric Naiani Gheen Rockshadow Inspira Harthim Cevanne Ketha Jacobsilver The Anonymous Donators (people that did not want recognition, but should be recognized) Below you can find a few screenshots grouped on some of the highway's features. But if you are in the neighborhood, you should definitely go and check it out! The main highway connection Spoiler Thunderstorm Expressway Valley and bridge Spoiler Resilience Pass Spoiler The Defiant Connection Spoiler Golden Mt. Passage Spoiler Wombat Way Spoiler Newspring Bridge Connection Spoiler I wish you safe travels and good fortune! All the best, Thor Edited February 5, 2018 by Thorakkanath 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 4, 2018 This was hard work, but extremely rewarding to be a part of. Great pictures! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2018 It certainly looks wonderful and it really saddens me to say this, but................... ................................................... you folks need to redo the catseyes. You only need 1 (ONE) row of catseyes to even cover a 3 tile highway. Having two rows would seriously mess up the wagoner system. Unless of course that was the intention? But as said, it looks wonderful and I bow for those who've been working at it for so long. *bows* Thorin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2018 Haha, nope - as the catseyes are not zigzagging there are two full rows and finding routes is not affected at all either so all good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 5, 2018 Awesome! Big thanks for the connection! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
