Engineering puzzle: Water bridge

March 8th, 2007 by joel Leave a reply »

Got this from Teresa’s E-mail:

Water Bridge in Germany …. What a feat! Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long……. 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.

To those who appreciate a good engineering puzzle:

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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