Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe !
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Water Bridge in Germany... What a feat!
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Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
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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.
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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 traffic, or just the weight of the water?


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That is pretty sweet.... I would think that they would not need to include the weight of the ships... but i may as very well be wrong.

 

yea same hear i dont think they would hafta worry about the ships, cause id think the water weighs more.

 

they would almost have to build it to withstand the weight of the ships. very nice, that just got put on my list of things to see before i turn 40

EDIT: found this link as well Water Bridge

 

Take a cup half full of water, and weigh it... Then, take that same half full cup of water, and toss your house keys in it... weighs more right?

Only problem is, in a channel of water that wide, deep, and long, the water has much more room to expand than a glass half full of water does. If you take a large ship, place it in the channel, the weight of the ship is going to be evenly dispersed throughout the entire body of water.

 

wow thats amazing!

 

Yea thats pretty cool, have you guys seen the water wheel thing that raises large boats up like 100ft

 

holy wowzer batman that thing is ridiculous

and yes i've seen a picture that thing is nuts! German engineering at its best! I LOVE AUDI!

 

it wouldn't need to include the weight of the boats because its a channel that extends pass the bridge, so the weight of the boats would be dispersed pass each end of the bridge

 

Yup, any weight of the barges would be spread over the entirity of the canal system.