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Friday, April 10, 2009

WATER BRIDGE - OVER A RIVER !!!



Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe ! Water Bridge in Germany .... What a feat! Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......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 is located in the city of Magdeburg , near Berlin.The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.


To those who appreciate engineering projects,here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers and physicists.Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge trafficor just the weight of the water?


Answer: It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water! Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship,regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded

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