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Re:Gibraltar, world’s only airport runway intersecting a road by jollybean on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @11:08PM (#27768093)
Grippens are designed to land on highways in Sweden.
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Re:Gibraltar, world’s only airport runway intersecting a road by bjelkeman-again on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:33AM (#27768738)
And its predecessor Viggen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen

In Sweden you still come across widened roads that have aircraft landing markings on them. Marked Highway strip on this list.

https://www.mil-airfields.de/se/list.htm

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