If you drive to Auburn University’s campus, you’ll discover a unique musical road that delights drivers and passengers — especially if they’re Tiger fans.
Drivers traveling north on War Eagle Road, a stretch of South Donahue Drive between Lem Morrison and Samford avenues, will hear the first seven War Eagle Fight Song notes. Rumble strips are typically placed at the edge of a road to alert drivers and, in most cases, are anything but pleasant to the ear — but with some reverse engineering, these vibrations can create distinctive frequencies that simulate musical notes.
War Eagle Road is the third musical road in the United States and the first on a college campus. The project was a gift to the Auburn Family from Tim Arnold, who graduated from Auburn with an industrial engineering degree in 1994.