Bridges

>>2807093

Reminds me of that scene in the Italian Job. The original not the remake.

>>2804295
Wait, what? Is this happening?

>>2807513
Maybe. Resolution is too shit to be sure.

>>2807513
Pretty sure it's a sculpture.

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Took this on an engineering trip

BUMP! Down with the celebs.

>>2814557
I'll engineer your trip!

>>2806664
(you)

>>2824170
I live there! they are ruining the bridge's ascetics as we speak by raising the bridge deck. :(

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>>2832755

Yes they are raising the roadway so larger container ships can pass underneath. Its going to look weird.

>>2804292
That's a pretty cool bridge.

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>>2804292

>>2814557
what bridge is this?

>>2804299
I'll never understand why Golden Gate is so famous. It's not that great.

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>>2840969
>why Golden Gate is so famous.

It was built in the 1930s and was the longest suspension bridge for a long time. Like the Brooklyn bridge it was cutting edge engineering at the time.

>>2840969
Nigga what? It's massive, even by today's standards. Have you actually been there and seen it up close? Even in that photo you can see the scope of it's span, the height of it's towers. The main cables are like 4 feet thick. The main span is like 4500 feet. That's 4500 feet of suspended road with no obstruction in the water below it.

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>>2842401
meh

>>2842533
>posts a bridge with a shorter main span
>meh

???

>>2843930
Also

>400 feet shorter span
>200 feet shorter towers

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>>2843930
>>2843931
I'm biased. Fuck me. I honestly didn't realize how much taller the towers of the Golden Gate (and by extension the span) were. Impressive.

The Mac is a surreal drive. Lovely on a calm summer day, surreal in the winter, and spooky at night.

>>2846655
I just realized something. I'll tell you what threw you off. The Mackinac bridge is a 4 lane road but the Golden Gate is 8, so when you see pictures from far away they look on par but then you realize the Golden Gate's road deck is twice the width so it's all around bigger than you thought. Do you cross the Mackinac often?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tees_Transporter_Bridge

It's hard to beat the Roebling bridge in Cincinnati on the topic of engineering/architectural foresight. The bridge is so old that photographs of it being built don't exist because it was built before photography was invented, and yet it carries cars today.

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>>2847323
Forgot pic like an idiot lol

>>2847323
Eh I take that back about photography. Should have done my research before typing that.

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>>2847339
no harm done

>>2806664
You Win.

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south fork bridge 1941

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From my family album. (I'm German)

>>2849039
Clearly shooped. People with the same or even worse angles don't have the shadow of their ear across their face, so why the future visitor?

>>2849549
Not shipped

>>2849549
he's wearing all period clothing, albeit looks modern.

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>>2849706

LLoyd !

>>2840542

The Forth Bridge, Scotland.

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Tay Bridge, between Dundee and Fife, Scotland.

In 1878 it was the longest in the world. Ulysses S. Grant visited and commented that it was "a big bridge for a small city".

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>>2804292

>>2832755
That bridge was already was shit because it's in Jersey.

>>2827559
Out of interest does anyone know what purpose the middle arch serves?

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>>2856071
kek/kuk

>>2856514
reduction of brick-use, and artsy

>>2856514
>>2856594
No that's the 'Hooker Hole'. Local prossies would gyrate in there to attract business from passing boatmen. Fact.

>>2856514

i'm not an engineer but maybe it has something to do with transferring the load so the span wont crack in the middle. You can see that this bridge >>2817641 also has an arch in the middle.

>>2856879
The only Santiago Calatrava construction that isn't falling over, and it's near here, wow

>>2804292
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/85197074.jpg

>>2806664
came here for this

Most of the picture here are low resolution.

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Napoleon bridge over river Nadiža in Slovenia

>>2849039
Is that fucking Mike Stoklasa ?

>>2856069
>>2852243
>>2851047
nice

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So many nice bridges!

May I turn your attention
for just a moment
To some unfortunately planned
Bridges down here in the American South.

The Ponchartrain causeway is almost 24 miles in length. It is the longest continuous bridge in the world. The shoulders are pretty much nonexistent and fatal crashes are a common occurence.

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>>2864438
This Landsat image gives a good idea of the length. The line dividing Lake Pontchartrain is the Causeway. The urban areas on the south end is New Orleans and its surrounding suburbs.

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>>2860766

>Most of the picture here are low resolution.

bollocks! as now most of the picture here are zero resolution

>>2869476
where in Japan is it?

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>>2871339
same place

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>>2804292
Golden Gate Bridge.

>>2861020
damn thats pretty as hell