http://nos.nl/artikel/347223-a27-kri...gaviaduct.html
Video of the placement is there.
Longest bridge lightweight bridge in the world.
140 meters long in one section, 6.2 meters wide, made from steel and composite material, good for the heaviest traffic.
Weighing in at 200 metric tonnes.
A normal bridge would weigh 7 times more, the new bridge is 20 times stronger and needs little maintenance.
Lots of interest from all over the world for this new concept.
Last edited by PA5COR; 03-02-2012 at 01:56 PM.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Interesting tech, but kind of boring visually.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
I agree. It may be well engineered and very functional but it lacks the more ornate quality that I like to see in a bridge.Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Use some paint to fresh it up ;)
No problem to make a different configuration, it is the innovative use of composite materials and combined with inner steel that makes it news certainly the low weight.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Still I agree with Carlo. It's visually boring.
Do whatever it takes to avoid fooling yourself into believing that something is true when it is false, or that something is false when it is true.
Prototypes generally are.
Demand specifications of the costumer.
No problem to make it in any form or shape, even more possebilleties because of the strength and lightness of the used materiials, new forms impossible to build and work with the old construction will now be possible.
I see some demand here ;)
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
Interesting. Was the bridge assembled in one location (i.e., a factory) and then transported as one piece to its destination?
Last edited by XE1/N5AL; 03-02-2012 at 05:46 PM.
I think it is less boring if it was vertical and with an antenna on top!
"Love Trumps Hate."
"You Facist, Sexual Predator!"
" I thought a lot about blowing up the White House"
Uh Huh, What Love?
Or, build a second bridge, of the same size, and you'll have an indestructible half-wave dipole for the new WRC-12, 600 meter amateur band.
Last edited by XE1/N5AL; 03-02-2012 at 06:30 PM.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote