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To: csvset
I watched a documentary on the building of the Millau Viaduct in France and was awestruck at the engineering, planning and building of that structure.

The deck itself is 890 ft. above the ground and one of the masts is 1,125 ft above the base.

18 posted on 03/16/2018 4:34:11 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: Hot Tabasco

The Autoban in Germany has some pretty high bridges.

I dont think I would be able to drive across that thing without a hand full of valium. Especially after seeing their handiwork in Miami. I like big bridges built with Yuge American steel and gigantic rivets and physical supports I can see and have become accustomed to. (Channeling my inner “Bones” on the hazards of “transporter use”.)

This beautiful magic bridge crap just doesnt do it for me.
The bridge in Miami was dinky compared to this structure! And there is the same amount of gravity pulling down on both of them.

Do you think maybe the same engineers from the same company that built both the huge bridge and the tiny one in Miami are the same ones or even consulted with the engineers that built the smaller one THAT COLLAPSED under its own weight?


91 posted on 03/16/2018 8:33:27 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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