bridges
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This Fake Cracking Effect On A 1180-Metre High Glass Skywalk Might Be The Meanest Prank Ever
Video: Modern materials engineering allows us to build what looks like precarious glass skywalks perched hundreds of metres off the ground. They’re completely safe, but knowing that doesn’t make them any less terrifying to traverse — especially when the glass skywalk you’re on uses transparent LCD screens to make it look like it’s about to…
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A Massive Crane Collapsed On New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge
A crane collapsed across the span of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge today, blocking traffic and wreaking havoc on the state’s longest bridge.
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Watching A Truck Towing A Boat Drive Over A Flimsy Wooden Bridge Is So Stressful
Video: I don’t know if these wooden planks can be considered a bridge or if they just constitute a poorly made death trap but I know that I wouldn’t even want to walk on the thing. And yet, this guy drives a truck that’s towing a boat over it! Nervousness alone would make me crash…
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This ‘Bubble Curtain’ Will Protect San Francisco’s Marine Life From The Bay Bridge Demolition
One of the largest remaining chunks of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge is coming down tomorrow, as engineers continue to dismantle the ageing piece of infrastructure. But how to protect the fish and other wildlife in the area as it gets taken down? By blowing bubbles.