The Topline The sixth crossing over Dubai Creek set to be the most expensive and longest arch bridge in the world.
An image of the proposed arch bridge in Dubai.
Engineer Maitha Bin Adai, CEO of Traffic and Roads Agency at the press conference.
Posted on 01/29/2008 10:10:02 AM PST by Squidpup
$100 a barrel of oil buys plenty of toys (not to mention bombs, madrassahs, and board seats in US companies)
That’s not an arch bridge. It’s a suspension bridge.
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If the current 'Disneylandia' (to use a non-word) over Dubai ends, the city will end up being one of the world's prettiest failures.
It's suspended from an arch not a cable.
Looks like Crusty-The-Pantsuit...only worn a bit high-waisted.
The bridge still depends on the arch for support (as opposed to towers in ordinary suspension bridges).
You mean natural gas.
Dubai doesn’t have so much oil. They’ve made their money mostly on commerce. Abu Dhabi possesses most of UAE’s oil (more than 90%). Which means that after the oil runs out, Dubai’s wealth will last, while Saudi Arabia’s will decline.
The upper bridge is what an arch bridge looks like. Its the one over the New River in WVA. Its the longest one in the Western Hemisphere.
I know the bridge from Saudi to Bahrain is huge .... beautiful too.
That is a LOT of steel.
Wow. Where’s the environmental impact statements for the, carbon footprint, snail darter, spotted owls and all the other must haves before projects like this can be started?
I suppose you have to spend billions of oil dollars on something but why not spend it on making your country marginally habitable? (greening the desert like Israel) as opposed to builidng bridges and shopping malls with skiing hills in them.
I noticed that the Chinese version also used suspension. That’s not a pure arch bridge. I guess I’m a purist.
At $85 a barrel for oil, UAE annual production of oil is worth more than 8 times as much as their annual production of natural gas.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/RecentTotalOilSupplyBarrelsperDay.xls
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/RecentNaturalGasProductionTCF.xls
Nice link. Thank you.
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