Patent ID: 8740497

Claim:
A roadway arrangement, comprising: a first road segment; an upper bridge mounted for rotational movement about a pivot axis relative to the first road segment, said upper bridge defining a plurality of openings therethrough; a lower bridge, including one or more upwardly extending segments, each of which is configured to pass through a respective opening defined by the upper bridge; and a second road segment, wherein the upper bridge and the lower bridge cooperate to span a distance between the first road segment and the second road segment, thus providing a road surface between the first road segment and the second road segment; wherein, as a vehicle travels from the first road segment and starts moving across the upper bridge, the upper bridge will rotate downward about the pivot axis and will continue to rotate until the one or more upwardly extending segments of the lower bridge extend through the respective openings defined by the upper bridge, at which time the vehicle will transition from driving on the road surface as defined by the upper bridge to driving on the road surface as defined by the upwardly extending segments of the lower bridge.