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re: Would you drive on it? China opens new world's longest sea crossing bridge - 34 miles
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:31 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:31 am to GetCocky11
Hell no. That bridge will be haunted for sure
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at least 18 workers have died on the project
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:33 am to StringedInstruments
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Not saying you’re wrong, but is there any reason for the US to build a 34+ mile bridge over water?
Not 34 miles.....but maybe long Island to Connecticut?
We have the causeway in Louisiana, but it's a very simple design compared to the one in the OP.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:33 am to GetCocky11
quote:The Western half has its moments but negative Ghostrider.
Driving from Boston to Seattle on I-90 would be the ultimate dream roadtrip.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:38 am to goofball
quote:can you do it?
but it's a very simple design compared to the one in the OP.
one was designed in the 50's.... by hand(thinking about ti it really wouldnt by that hard). One was designed in 2010's with finite element analysis.
Fun fact: cable stayed bridges could not be analyzed until the development of finite element analysis computer programs.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 11:17 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:42 am to GetCocky11
Chinamen are so smart. They can turn a wristwatch into a computer.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:43 am to slackster
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The bridge is about 14 miles long.
Yep. So if they claim it's the
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new world's longest sea crossing bridge
it's misleading.
The Causeway remains the single longest continuous bridge over water in the world.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 8:44 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:46 am to GetCocky11
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nine years after construction first began.
Impressive
It would take us at least twice as long
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:53 am to bbeck
No shot you are getting me to drive thru a 7 km tunnel.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:55 am to bbeck
Americans like robust infrastructure but they don't want to pay for it. We can't even get a fricking bridge built.
Don't tax me, bro.
Don't tax me, bro.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:56 am to GetCocky11
Seems like a pointless project.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:03 am to NWLA Tiguh12
How so? Seems really convenient for anyone that flies into Hong Kong to go to Macau . Or anywhere west and be able to avoid going through Shenzhen and possibly Guangzhou. Or anyone leaving from Hong Kong in general.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 9:04 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:06 am to bamaphan13
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18 people dies and it cost over $20 billon and was 2 years behind schedule
How many people did those women who built the 20ft bridge in Miami kill?
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:06 am to fillmoregandt
The bridge to the Keys is pretty damn long
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:09 am to TheAstroTiger
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Well 18 people being killed on one project would never be accepta
11 People died building the Golden Gate Bridge
96 workers were killed building the Hoover Dam
350 white Americans were killed building the Panama Canal
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:11 am to Jack Daniel
Looks exactly like the bridge/tunnel north of Norfolk...the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 9:15 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:14 am to GetCocky11
Something about being China built would cause me to have reservations.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:16 am to bamaphan13
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18 people dies and it cost over $20 billon and was 2 years behind schedule.
Is that a success?
how many people died building the panama canal?
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:18 am to GetCocky11
I would drive it (once or twice).
I heard Dash Rip Rock when I read this thread-
“It’s concrete ribbon cutting across the muddy churn
It’s a high bridge piece of road took a real bad turn
It runs from Mandeville on in to Metairie
It’s the longest bridge a human will ever see
It’s the lonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg, the longest bridge in the world.
Well, It’s the longest cement turd in the world
Well the fish they are all puzzled
By this awesome span.
When they see the lake ponchartrain causeway it makes ‘em jump in the fryin’ pan
Well it’s a big and grey and ugly and broken but it’s a monument to man. If you want to say it’s a real long bridge – [pause]you can.
It’s the lonnnnnggggggg....everybody sing along.....everybody who’s ever driven across the causeway – sing it – and you know you can still drive across it because even Katrina couldn’t knock it down.
It’s the lonnnnnnnngggggggest bridge in the world. Well it’s the longest cement turd in the world. It’s still the longest....”
I heard Dash Rip Rock when I read this thread-
“It’s concrete ribbon cutting across the muddy churn
It’s a high bridge piece of road took a real bad turn
It runs from Mandeville on in to Metairie
It’s the longest bridge a human will ever see
It’s the lonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg, the longest bridge in the world.
Well, It’s the longest cement turd in the world
Well the fish they are all puzzled
By this awesome span.
When they see the lake ponchartrain causeway it makes ‘em jump in the fryin’ pan
Well it’s a big and grey and ugly and broken but it’s a monument to man. If you want to say it’s a real long bridge – [pause]you can.
It’s the lonnnnnggggggg....everybody sing along.....everybody who’s ever driven across the causeway – sing it – and you know you can still drive across it because even Katrina couldn’t knock it down.
It’s the lonnnnnnnngggggggest bridge in the world. Well it’s the longest cement turd in the world. It’s still the longest....”
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:24 am to Slippy
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Americans like robust infrastructure but they don't want to pay for it. We can't even get a fricking bridge built.
Don't tax me, bro.
That's because the government already gets enough money from us... by a lot.
Ever realize the amount of waste we have in our military, government agencies, etc. ?? They get plenty but of course it's never enough.
Our Fed and state governments are the most inefficient entities in history.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 9:28 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 9:25 am to Chad504boy
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how many people died building the panama canal?
According to official hospital records, the number is just over 5,600 deaths from accidents and disease.
4,500 West Indians were killed and 350 White Americans died building the canal.
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