Have you ever driven somewhere and thought, “You know what this needs? A soundtrack.”
Well, congratulations, because Tulsa, Oklahoma, just made that dream a reality.
The city has officially unveiled its first-ever “musical road,” and yes, it does exactly what it sounds like. You drive over it, and your car basically turns into a speaker system blasting This Land is Your Land like you’re in the most patriotic Uber ride of all time.
This thing is set up on the Southwest Boulevard Bridge, and the concept is actually kind of genius. They carved grooves into the pavement so when your tires hit them at the right speed, around 35 mph, it creates vibrations that turn into music inside your car.
So technically, your Honda Civic is now an instrument. Huge development for the music industry.
Now here’s where it gets even better.
This bad boy cost $110,000.
Which breaks down to roughly $5,800 per second of music.
That means every time you drive over it, you’re basically listening to one of the most expensive road performances in history. Beethoven wishes he had this kind of budget.
