A nine-mile stretch of motorway has been closed.

一段九英里长的高速公路已关闭。

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Two hours by car southeast of Johannesburg, where the California-quality N3 Motorway meets a two-lane blacktop highway called R34, a stretch of spectacularly deteriorated road begins to show itself.

向约翰内斯堡东南驱车两小时后，在媲美加州公路质量的N3高速公路与R34双车道柏油公路的交汇处，一段异常破败的小路逐渐显现。

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In Lukang itself, though the races take place along an unprepossessing stretch of river by a noisy motorway, large crowds gathered to cheer and stuff themselves.

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The work is proposed for a 19-mile (30.6-km) stretch of motorway between Junction 28 in Derbyshire and Junction 31 in Nottinghamshire.

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