One of the most curious building in Japan is the Gate Tower
Building in Osaka, Japan. The 5th, 6th and 7th floors of this
16-story office building is occupied by an express highway
- passing right through the building. On the building's floor
information board on the ground floor, the tenants for the
three floors are listed as the Hanshin Expressway. You
can’t alight there tough as the elevator skips from the 4th
floor to straight to the 8th.
The Gate Tower Building is actually the result of an unusual
compromise between the land owner and the Japanese
government. The land has been occupied by a wood and
charcoal processing company since the early Meiji period,
but the gradual move to other sources of fuel resulted in the
deterioration of those company buildings. In 1983, the
redevelopment of the area was decided upon, but building
permits were refused because the highway was already
being planned to be built over this land. The property rights'
holders refused to give up, and negotiated with the Hanshin
Expressway corporation for approximately 5 years to reach
the current solution.
Aside from the intrusive highway, business at the Gate
Tower Building is almost normal. The highway does not
make contact with the building, and a structure surrounding
the highway keeps noise and vibration out.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/01/gate-tower-building-with-highway.html?m=1

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You see things like this should make ask us why Nigeria is like this.