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Through any particular city? Yes: Tokyo has a lot of elevated 4-lane freeways through its core that are primarily used by trucks. But Tokyo is a VERY special case where space is such a commodity and land value is so high that not even a huge concrete structure in the air could even hope to devaluate it. In fact, it's a special case where at night, the structures sort of enhance the streetscape in that surreal "only in Tokyo" way.
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If I'm not mistaken the highways in Tokyo are elevated much higher than in the US like 4-5 stories up in the sky and dont create the same kinds of dark areas under them that destroy neighborhoods. And I recall that many are built over streets and less in their own right of ways requiring massive demolition.