[fatburg]

Taking six years to build and costing around half a billion euros, the massive undertaking will connect Berlin's inland harbor with the ports along the Rhine river. At the center of the project is Europe's longest water bridge measuring in just shy of a kilometer at 918 meters. The huge tub to transport ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build.

The water bridge will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. Shipping can often come to a halt on the stretch if the river's water mark falls to unacceptably low levels.

 

[fatburg]

Thundering fighter jets streamed the blue, white and red of the French tricolor as President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday dedicated the world's tallest bridge, a skyway span dwarfing the Eiffel Tower by more than 50 feet.

Ahead of its public opening Thursday, the Millau bridge in southern France has been celebrated as a work of art combining the strength of cement and steel with the "delicacy of a butterfly."

Images of the bridge, which dominates the Rhone Valley countryside for miles, have appeared in national media for days.

Stretching 1.6 miles through France's Massif Central mountains, the bridge will enable motorists to take a drive 891 feet above the Tarn River valley.

 

[Ace]

I love architecture. Hopefully discovery or someone will do a special on the construction of this soon.

 

[Gas Man]

Ace, I think they did... I swear I seen a docurmentary on it... on the history channel.

 

[jeeps84]

Taking six years to build and costing around half a billion euros, the massive undertaking will connect Berlin's inland harbor with the ports along the Rhine river. At the center of the project is Europe's longest water bridge measuring in just shy of a kilometer at 918 meters. The huge tub to transport ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build.

The water bridge will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. Shipping can often come to a halt on the stretch if the river's water mark falls to unacceptably low levels.

I've seen many bridges over water but, never a water bridge. hat:

 

[ShanMan14]

Look at this bridge!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/longbridge.asp#photo

 

[pobrediablo]

:yikes: Yo why it has to be so tall? that an amazing bridge,

 

[Gas Man]

I've seen many bridges over water but, never a water bridge. hat:

Exactly... :withstupi

 

[Gas Man]

Thought we already had a bridge thread? :dupe: :cheers:

 

[fatburg]

Thought we already had a bridge thread? :dupe: :cheers:

:dupe: That is even the same bridge that's in mine :cheers: But pretty cool angle for that first pic.

 

[jeeps84]

:lol:
Leave it to a Mod, oh Admin to make a double thread. :lol:

Still some cool pic's. :dthumb:

 

[fatburg]

Guess that means we can turn this into a :whore: thread than right :dthumb:

 

[jeeps84]

You mean it wasn't to start with. :lol:

 

[Earlzach]

Ace, I think they did... I swear I seen a docurmentary on it... on the history channel.

Are you talking about the one where the bridge kinda walked its self together? If So I saw it two and that does look like the bridge from what I can remamber.

 

[Gas Man]

:lol:
Leave it to a Mod, oh Admin to make a double thread. :lol:

Still some cool pic's. :dthumb:

Yeah no doubt... that darn admin!

 

[fatburg]

You mean it wasn't to start with. :lol:

:lol: good point. I think it's a double standard here, he locked the other thread that was a dupe...but nooooo, he doesn't lock his. :whore: :whore: :whore: :whore: :whore:

 

[Earlzach]

Maybe we can doulble post in this thread?

 

[Earlzach]

Maybe we can doulble post in this thread? :lol:

 

[Gas Man]

Yeah that one... it was amazing... they assembled it on the shore and then had it on these machines that slide it over cm by cm...

 

[Gas Man]

:lol: good point. I think it's a double standard here, he locked the other thread that was a dupe...but nooooo, he doesn't lock his. :whore: :whore: :whore: :whore: :whore:

Merged them!! :modowns: