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Old 08-03-2006, 10:39 PM   #1
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WATER BRIDGE .. OVER A RIVER!!!




Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe !

Water Bridge in Germany.... What a feat!

Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!

This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.

To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers and physicists. Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, or just the weight of the water?

[IMG]!cid_CF0390CD-D816-4C43-B49F-43A1C7E756CC[/IMG]

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Old 08-03-2006, 10:41 PM   #2
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WATER BRIDGE .. OVER A RIVER!!!




Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe !

Water Bridge in Germany.... What a feat!

Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!

This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.

To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers and physicists. Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, or just the weight of the water?

[IMG]!cid_CF0390CD-D816-4C43-B49F-43A1C7E756CC[/IMG]
Just the water. the barge displaces its own mass in water
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:43 PM   #3
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It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water!

Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded.
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:59 PM   #4
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It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water!

Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded.
Now my head hurts. :
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:44 PM   #5
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:48 PM   #6
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Old 08-03-2006, 10:55 PM   #7
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Thats a decent effort.

Does it have draw-bridge capabilities? rofl!
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Old 08-03-2006, 11:01 PM   #8
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That is an amazing piece of engineering. Well done.
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Old 08-03-2006, 11:15 PM   #9
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Only the best comes out of Germany..... :evilking:
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Old 08-03-2006, 11:25 PM   #10
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Thats sweet! Got anymore pics?
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Old 09-03-2006, 02:47 AM   #13
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Could'nt they have just slapped up a set of traffic lights at the intersection of the original crossing ? :
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Old 09-03-2006, 10:41 PM   #14
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Not bad, especially since it is basically a toy.

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Could'nt they have just slapped up a set of traffic lights at the intersection of the original crossing ? :
I was thinking the same thing! :

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Are there speed cameras at the bottom of the downhill section?
Water sits level, no downhill section here.
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Water sits level, no downhill section here.
Not when it flows down a mountain or over a water fall out:
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Are there speed cameras at the bottom of the downhill section?
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Old 09-03-2006, 07:32 AM   #17
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Only in Victoria!
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Old 09-03-2006, 11:15 PM   #18
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Now that is something special even boats have a bridge across the River LOL
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Old 09-03-2006, 11:17 PM   #19
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Sits ≠ flows... : :
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Old 09-03-2006, 11:21 PM   #21
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What about this one. Yeah its not a bridge but damn its impressive.

Go the scots!!

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Old 09-03-2006, 11:32 PM   #22
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thats the one i was thinking of MADXF... THAT is some engineering, i watched it on Foxtel and was in absoloute awe of it
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