Complaints from nearby residents led to its relocation, though the tune has never sounded quite right due to a design miscalculation.
Auburn University installed a short stretch in 2019 playing the opening notes of the "War Eagle" fight song.
It used a surface application that avoided deep pavement cuts. The newest addition arrived in 2023 in Palmdale, California, where a 2,500-foot section of R.
Lee Ermey Avenue plays approximately 30 seconds of the Marines' Hymn at around 45 mph.
Outside the U. S.
, musical roads exist in more than a dozen countries, including Japan, South Korea, China, Hungary, India, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Japan alone has over 30 "Melody Roads," many created as tourist attractions.
