Engineering wonder

Kevy Baby · 04-03-2006, 10:00 PM

Cruising through Snopes, I came across this (true) picture:

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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.

Alex · 04-03-2006, 10:05 PM

They have at least one of those (though much smaller) at Walt Disney World.

Drince88 · 04-08-2006, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

They have at least one of those (though much smaller) at Walt Disney World.

Yea, but that one doesn't have another waterway under it - just a regular ole road....

Hmmm, Germans can build water bridges, but American's can't build levees....

€uroMeinke · 04-03-2006, 10:09 PM

A giant Mr. Yuk?

Not Afraid · 04-03-2006, 10:14 PM

Awwwww, I miss the giant Mr. Yuck face!

We were surmising that the engineering feat was a giant Mr. Yuck face only visible from space and designed to convince aliens tha there is no sign in intelligent life here, so fly on by dudes.

Those of you that missed Mr. Yuck can think think we're on drugs.

OOOH! Mr. Yuck is back! Goodie!

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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Awwwww, I miss the giant Mr. Yuck face! We were surmising that the engineering feat was a giant Mr. Yuck face only visible from space and designed to convince aliens tha there is no sign in intelligent life here, so fly on by dudes. Those of you that missed Mr. Yuck can think think we're on drugs. OOOH! Mr. Yuck is back! Goodie!
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