Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Water Bridge in Germany


Eternally SEEN A WATER BRIDGE?
Water Bridge in Germany... What a achievementSix 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 plan. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of investiture.
To those who be pleased about engineering projects
Intriguing six years to build and costing about 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 greatest water bridge measuring in immediately introverted of a kilometer at 918 meters. The huge tub to move ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build.
The water bridge will allow river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. Shipping can often come to a halt on the draw out if the river's water mark falls to unacceptably low levels.

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