Qingdao Haiwan Bridge...wow

[Matt915]

The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge links the city of Qingdao in Eastern China's Shandong province with the suburban Huangdao District across the waters of the northern part of Jiaozhou Bay. It is 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) long and cuts the distance between Qingdao and Huangdao by 31 kilometres (19 mi).[1] Opened in 2011, the structure is the world's longest bridge over water (there are longer bridges over land).[1]

The bridge took four years to build, and employed at least 10,000 people.[1] 450,000 tons of steel and 2.3 million cubic meters of concrete were used in the construction of the bridge, which was designed by the Shandong Gausu Group.[1] It is designed to be able to withstand severe earthquakes, typhoons, and collisions with ships.[1]

 

[bdude]

shoddy chiese constrxn

my legos can do that too

 

[paulney]

In the meantime Bay Bridge construction is going on strong for the 10th year.

 

[zinfamous]

Is it connecting two massive, yet vacant towns?

 

[zinfamous]

In the meantime Bay Bridge construction is going on strong for the 10th year.

haha.

:thumbsup:

 

[BoomerD]

In the meantime Bay Bridge construction is going on strong for the 10th year.

That'd be because, unlike China, we have building standards here...

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

In the meantime Bay Bridge construction is going on strong for the 10th year.

Remember how it was supposed to be done before the millennium. Oh wait. LOL. Then they pushed it back year by year. I wondered if I'd see it by the time I graduated. Nope. I'll be done with my master's by then.

That'd be because, unlike China, we have building standards here...

uh huh

let's not forget we had to close the bridge after that incident....

 

[Greenman]

That'd be because, unlike China, we have building standards here...

I guess that also explains going six billion dollars over budget?

We could have drained the bay and built a road across for less than that cluster fuck has cost.

 

[paulney]

Yes, let's talk about quality:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/12/MNG0AIQRQ91.DTL

And I can't find the link right now, but either Benicia or San Rafael bridge (whichever had the new span open recently) started falling apart shortly after the opening.

 

[silverpig]

Bridge marathon?

 

[BoomerD]

I guess that also explains going six billion dollars over budget?

We could have drained the bay and built a road across for less than that cluster fuck has cost.

Considering the many problems and changes that have taken place since the original bid went out...that's not bad.

Keep in mind, I did that kind of work for much of my life. I kept up with things on that bridge for a while. I was SUPPOSED to be working there in 2004...

 

[ManyBeers]

They built a 26 mile long bridge ( over water no less) in order to save 19 miles on driving distance.
Does that make sense/cents?

 

[BoomerD]

Remember how it was supposed to be done before the millennium. Oh wait. LOL. Then they pushed it back year by year. I wondered if I'd see it by the time I graduated. Nope. I'll be done with my master's by then.



uh huh

let's not forget we had to close the bridge after that incident....

Done by the millenium? Hell, it didn't even go out to bid until 2001 IIRC.

The bid on the East Span replacement was $1,043,541,000...and that's just one of 6 separate projects on the bridge replacement project.

 

[llee]

shoddy chiese constrxn

my legos can do that too

you'd be surprised by how cruddy american quality is nowadays.

 

[FoBoT]

 

[DeadlyXboy]

They built a 26 mile long bridge ( over water no less) in order to save 19 miles on driving distance.
Does that make sense/cents?

I'm now in college in Qingdao,I'm a native Chinese ,I would tell you that you are right!!!!!this brige costs around 50billion yuan(around 7.65billion us dallors)!!!!!!!!mainly it's some officeholder's tool for them to get on a higher position(maybe difficult for foreigners to understand)and they can get a lot of money from it .....in the sameway,a subway like you metioned is also built.......just waste our people's money........

 

[zinfamous]

lol

 

[fatpat268]

They built a 26 mile long bridge ( over water no less) in order to save 19 miles on driving distance.
Does that make sense/cents?

The distance used to be 45 miles, now it's 26?

 

[DaTT]

Am I the only one who kept reading the title as Hawaiian Bridge? I was like....Tha's gonna be a long ass bridge to make it from main land to Hawaii

 

[SSSnail]

In the meantime Bay Bridge construction is going on strong for the 10th year.

Hurray for Unions!!!

 

[SSSnail]

And quit talking about standards, have you driven around SF lately? The new pothole fills are even WORSE than if they've just left the damn potholes alone.

 

[manimal]

I want that bridge design in the next sim city!!

 

[guyver01]

The new pothole fills are even WORSE than if they've just left the damn potholes alone.

I don't see anything wrong with the way they fill potholes in SF.

:hmm:

That looks fine to me

 

[sjwaste]

Is that a snowboard in the pothole?