Water Bridge in Germany... What a feat!

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Dec 02, 2005

Water Bridge in Germany... What a feat!

Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long...a concrete bathtub....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 joins the Elbe-Havel canal to the Mittelland canal near the eastern town of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.

To those who appreciate engineering projects..... It took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/waterbridge.asp

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BetsyBug Memphis, TN(Zone 7b) Dec 02, 2005

How Cool! Have to show DH....

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drdon Temecula, CA(Zone 8b) Dec 02, 2005

hiya darius,

Now there's something you don't see every day.

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Dec 02, 2005

LOL, Don... even with the picture, I find it hard to imagine!

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dmcdevitt Schroon Lake, NY(Zone 4a) Dec 02, 2005

darius I'm glad you said that (that you find it hard to imagine yourself) When I saw the title I thought "what's a water bridge"/ When I saw the picture I couldn't believe it!!
I have some Popular Science magazines from the 30's where they invented things like railroad cars full of water to carry ships across country. We get a kick out of thinking "how silly"
Now here is something that's as sci-fi sounding as that!!

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Lenjo Mount Angel, OR(Zone 8a) Dec 03, 2005

Wow, this is really different, what will we think of next?

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Frankay Northport, ME(Zone 5b) Dec 04, 2005

As Frank would say on "Everybody Hates Raymond" Holy Crap!

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meezersfive waukesha, WI(Zone 5a) Dec 04, 2005

Wow it's like the soo locks on stilts!!

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echoes Dec 04, 2005

Very interesting. I'm glad you showed it to us, thanks Darius. Got me doing a google on water bridges to see more.

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