check out what i mean below...
even after you see it, it's still mind-boggling...a water bridge in germany...taking a whole 6 years and 500 million(!!!) euros to build and spanning 918 meters, this is german engineering at its finest...this photo was taken on the day of inauguration...
this is a channel-bridge over the river Elbe, located in the city of Magdeburg (near Berlin) joins the former East and West Germany as part of the unification project...
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?
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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