I wish I could take credit for finding the information below, but I got it from a friend, Richard Richmond. I especially like the river over a river as it shows creative thinking outside the box.
What a feat!
Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe!
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 engineer
and physicists:
Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of the ship and barge
Answer:
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 the ship may be loaded.
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