bridges
Random Stuff
Why The SF Bridge Broke
8:23AM Brian Lam | San Francisco’s Bay Bridge is still closed after a quick repair job fell apart. Terrifying, since my hometown is known for, you know, earthquakes, and this bridge is just falling apart even without them. Here’s a pretty good visual/text explanation of what is happening. [sci-experiments via TokyoMango]
Design
No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | At 470m, the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane is one of the longest footbridges of its kind and so eco-friendly that it generates more energy than it uses for its lighting system. Oh, and it’s kinda pretty. More »
Design
4:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Construction on what would become the world’s longest marine causeway, connecting Qatar and Bahrain, is due to begin next year, and what a project it is: We’re talking about a bridge more than 40km long, costing around $US3 billion. More »
World’s Largest Bridge To Stretch 40km Long
4:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Construction on what would become the world’s longest marine causeway, connecting Qatar and Bahrain, is due to begin next year, and what a project it is: We’re talking about a bridge more than 40km long, costing around $US3 billion. More »
Design
Bay Area Architects Seek To Re-purpose Bay Bridge As Recreational
2:00AM Jack Loftus | The Bay Bridge is falling down, falling down, so that a bigger, better bridge—one not prone to falling down during an earthquake—can be erected in its place. If two architects get their way however, it might become this. More »
Toys
46-Foot Long Self-Supporting Lego Bridge to Set New World Record
12:20AM Jesus Diaz | Part of a gigantic Lego train display to be shown at the 2009 Australian Model Railway Expo, this 46-feet self-supporting bridge will attempt to break a world record. It has already broke my world record for Lego awesomeness. More »
Vehicles
Watch My Furniture Truck Get Decapitated By a Bridge
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Last week I received a furniture order around 11pm. Yeah, it was late—but the drivers had good reason. Earlier that day they fell victim to the infamous Gregson Street RR bridge in Durham NC. More »
Online
Google Street View Car Commits Suicide By Bridge
7:04PM John Herrman | Capping an unseasonably goofy week for Street View, one of their drivers managed to clothesline his car’s protruding pole camera with a low bridge outside of Pittsburgh. He submitted the photos to his boss anyway. More »
Random Stuff
Microsoft Uses $US11 Million in Stimulus Money to Build Bridge to Itself
8:20AM Jason Chen | If you think Microsoft should use $US11 million in stimulus money—your tax money—to build a bridge connecting its West campus to its East campus, raise your hand. Banned. More »
Online
Blowing Up Bridges Is High Art
11:00AM Matt Buchanan | At least, when you set it to opera music. Actually, even when you hit mute, the delicately synchronised way the bridges collapse as the charges fire is beautiful, like ballet. With explosions. [VDOT via BoingBoing] More »
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