What place has roads made of coral?
Because Guam doesn’t have any natural sand, but rather coral, the island nation makes its asphalt using a mix of ground coral and oil rather than buying sand from abroad.
Local roads are usually paved by a coral/oil mixture, so when it gets wet, the oil tends to float to the surface of the roads, thus making them dangerous. That's why the speed limits on most of the island is about 35 mph.
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71 Comments
James Vetzel
I was stationed (Home Ported) there from '65 to '67 (USS Finch DER-328). While coming down from "Top of the Mar" on a rented "Rice Burner" 39cc bike I had the oppertunity to do a "RGO" (Rapid Getoff) as the bike proceeded to wrap itself around a telephone pole at the main highway intersection in the Town of Agana. Well...someone has to test the "Slickness" theory, it passed, Slicker than Snot on a Doorknob.
Rob Blomquist
Guam is not a country - it's a U.S. Territory. Poorly worded question.
Terry2ts
My father was stationed in Bermuda during WW11 and he told me that the runways were made of coral when the Americans joined two islands together to make a runway long enough to land an aircraft.
Shelley Durocher
Why are so many people accusing the writer of the question of calling it a country? It says "place." No one said it was a country. Reading comprehension is your friend.
Shelley Durocher
Kat Frederick, It didn't say "country." It said "place." Maybe people should make sure their gripe is legitimate before complaining. Sheesh!
Shelley Durocher
William Anthony, The question did not say it was
silrem
Reviewed or repeat. Too short.
Richard D. Boyle
James V. I was also stationed on Guam as a junior USAF officer from 1957 to 1959 so the question was easy to answer correctly. A very unique set of circumstances.
Jas Newman
Steven Ernest Scott, Careful! You'll risk being accused of rocking the boat!
Steven Ernest Scott
Who remembers what Hank Johnson was concerned about Guam?
L Lh Adams
David Chandran, You must have listened to Obama making one of his sickening speeches. Guam is NOT a US State.
Dorothy Harper
I have to laugh to myself as I read comments and people pick at the wording or spelling or whatever. Hey, we are all human and humans make mistakes.
Sue Gembrini-Spataro
I had no idea...
David Chandran
Guam is one of the 50 states of US located far off from the mainland like Hawaii . It is not a nation as mentioned in the question.
Howard Groopman
Speed limits IS? Poor grammar. :(
Marcella Kosse
Rob Blomquist...that’s why it asked “what place” rather than what country. I recently saw Island Life or something on HGTV or DIY channel where someone was looking for a home on Guam. What the roads were paved with came up. If I hadn’t seen that episode, I wouldn’t have known this.
Ketan Patel
Some people don't read the question properly and then complain, pure stupidity.