Highways



Highways are the primary infrastructure on 2b2t. Highways have been in use since the earliest days of the server, however, the nether highways only became the primary travel method after the Nether Roof was patched in 2013.

xcc2's 43z Highway
One of the oldest highways in the Spawn region. It was started by xcc2 in 2011 and maintained until the Second Incursion in 2013. It was well known for the netherrack pillars alongside the highway that provided light.

Old Spawn Road
A system of cobblestone paths strewn around Spawn built by LegitYarik. Named by Fit. Griefed completely by Armorsmith in 2017.

berkbrein and b4uit's -1mil X Highway
Created by berkbrein and b4uit. Started around -1,000,000 on the X axis, and intended to expand all the way to -1,000,000 on the Z axis. Stretches about ~100,000 blocks.

Flower Trail
A path covered in flowers stretching over 12,000 blocks in the vicinity of Spawn. Reviewed by YouTuber BarrenDome in 2019. It is unknown who created the trail.

1533z
A highway created by various builders along 1,533Z. Roughly 100,000 blocks in length.

Ring Road
A ring of obsidian around spawn with a radius of 1,024. The ring is at y 255. Another one at y 64 was started but got never finished. #The ring was first started at y 240 but got abandoned before switching to y 255. Inside the circle used to be the spawn area. The respawn area was later extended to 2,048 blocks around 0 0. Created by IronException.

Axial Highways
The overworld axial highways, created by various players over the years. In 2014, Hausemaster placed 4x4 obsidian paths along every axis, stretching out to 1,000. These paths were harvested for obsidian by taylo112 and jared2013 to create Gold Farms.
 * +Z Axis Highway
 * +X Axis Highway
 * -Z Axis Highway
 * -X Axis Highway

Raised Stone Slab Spawn Roads
Created by ChadDX from 2012-2014. They are placed at seemingly random intervals around spawn, and are griefed and repaired quite often.

Nether Highways
The Nether Highways are a series of highways on 2b2t running from (0,0) Nether. The highways have a distinct design and a not entirely documented history. Maintenance of the highways is done by various groups as well, and are considered the most prominent source of travel on the server.

Straight Highways
The Highway System is made up of 8 main highways connected to 0,0 nether. They include: The Highways usually are 6 blocks wide with guardrails on each side in the early stages. As they branch off, however, they become shorter, into 4 block wide highways. Diagonals are 3 blocks wide usually all-around, although some are unorthodox in how they use mass amounts of obsidian near spawn to protect them from griefers.
 * The North Highway (-Z)
 * The South Highway (+Z)
 * The East Highway (+X)
 * The West Highway (-X)
 * The Northeast Highway (+X, -Z)
 * The Northwest Highway (-X, -Z)
 * The Southeast Highway (+X, +Z)
 * The Southwest Highway (-X, +Z)

History
The first highway to reach 1,000,000 (+X) in the overworld was dug primarily by omaliymix in 2012, as detailed in THEJudgeHolden's comics. The +X highway was also the site of Byrnsy's mission to reach the overworld World Border, which was achieved in 2017. As of 2020, all axial nether highways, and their diagonal counterparts, extend to the overworld world border.

Ringroads
Ring Roads are roads created and maintained by the Motorway Extension Gurus (MEG) and the Highway Workers Union (HWU). They connect the highways at various intervals, including the 1,000 ring road, 5,000 ring road, 10,000, 15k, 25k, 50k and 125k ring roads. Some of these are still under construction, however, and it is recommended you look at the map for reference.

Materials
The Highway system is made up of obsidian, with netherrack used in later parts of the highways as a substitute to the expensive material. However, due to the nature of Duplication Glitches on 2b2t, obsidian is very common and is always being used in the highway system.

Traffic
It is common to see many players on the highways, both maintenance personnel and travelers to or from spawn. The highways are common use on 2b2t due to one block in the nether being 8 blocks in the overworld, thus rendering the overworld highways in poor condition and generally useless in comparison.

Condition
Highways near spawn are usually always destroyed or obliterated due to the chaotic nature of 2b2t's various spawns. Multiple spawnfags fly idle waiting for unsuspecting newfags to come into rendering on the highways to massacre them.

Highway Building/Maintenance Groups
Maintenance is done by many groups. Most notably are:
 * Motorway Extension Gurus (MEG)
 * Highway Workers Union (HWU)
 * Independent Interstate Society (IIS) - disbanded, merged with Highway Workers Union (HWU)
 * Spawn Infrastructure Group (SIG) - a Vortex Coalition subdivision
 * Nether Highway Group or the X+ Diggers - disbanded

Countermaintenance
Groups dedicated to counter the maintenance groups include:
 * Team Sexy
 * Anti-IIS (discontinued, used slave labor)
 * Rageland Renovations
 * The Quarantine
 * Many Individuals