Awesome pictures of the world's highest bridge

[o_dancingfool]

It's in the damn clouds!

[o_agret]

Originally Posted by SomeOldGuy

Here is going over that bridge from the show Top Gear in a Pagani Zonda F, Ford GT, and a Ferrari F430 (the bridge is at the end of the piece)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6L0wNeCsQ8

*the cars are damned pretty impressive too!*

That episode only aired 2 weeks ago in Australia The Ford GT sure eats up the fuel though ahhaha

[o_loader]

The Veyron is worse. Flat out it will use all it's petrol in 15 minutes.. And it costs 100 quid to fill it up.

[o_agret]

Damn, what a rip. I'd never buy one of those.

[o_cruor]

I wonder if that bridge is suceptable to oscillation, I'd hate to be on top of that bridge when this happens:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...88274014135615

*EDIT* I saw this documentary about really enthustiastic engineers wanting to bridge the Berings strait. A 55 mile long bridge stretching the sea in between, holy crap. If they pull it off it would complete a global road where you are basically able to drive anywhere around the globe.

Discovery link: The Berings Strait Bridge

[o_agret]

The catastrophe was attributed to faulty design. Instead of allowing the wind to pass through, the suspended girders caught the wind, causing the bridge to buck and roll. The structure oscillated violently under the strong gusts, until it finally broke apart and crashed into the water.

I'm pretty sure the saying 'learn from your mistakes' would come to mind for this project.

[Decs]

Originally Posted by Agret

Damn, what a rip. I'd never buy one of those.

Haha, well if you had the cash to buy a Bugatti Veyron to begin with i doubt you would care that it was an expensive car to use.

Oh yeah, and its also worth mentioning that "flat out" you would be doing 407km/h

[Nezumi]

DUDE!! I saw that show about the Bering Straight Bridge. I was obsessed with the idea for months afterwords. I want them to build that bridge so bad...

[allisvoid]

wish i coulda seen the show... any know what it is called? i want to see if it is playing again...

[BinaryLife]

It will probobly appear on the Discovery network sooner or later. I remember seeing something simaler myself. I just can't remember exactly what it was. I though I had seen a show about a bridge between Alaska and Japan... but the project was scrapped (according to the show)

[Nezumi]

I'm pretty sure the show was Extreeme Engeneering, based on this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_Bridge

I couldn't find that show on youtube or google video or anything.

[Christian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_belt_bridge

[luminous]

Originally Posted by Decs

Haha, well if you had the cash to buy a Bugatti Veyron to begin with i doubt you would care that it was an expensive car to use.

Oh yeah, and its also worth mentioning that "flat out" you would be doing 407km/h

somewhere in the roads around where i live, some guy managed to crash a veyron in to the back of a vauxhall astra van, then into a tree. the pictures made me sad it said it was worth £900,000