The Flipper Bridge: Hong Kong to China
Answer: The Flipper Bridge, find out more here.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Answer: The Flipper Bridge, find out more here.
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5 Comments:
It is sad but not surprising that this elegant solution to the driving side problem will not be built. The winning design team was the most politically astute. First prize went to a proposal called "Under One Roof" which called attention to the connection of the former territories to the motherland (China). It used to be that Hong Kong was about market efficiency but even they are in homage to the central government mode now.
BTW, I had a bit part in a tv movie called Under One Roof in the last century!
What a wonderfully simple and pragmatic solution. Beautiful engineering.
There is of course the solution used in the channel tunnel, where cars go on a railroad and load driving on one side and unload driving on the other. (It would have been impossible to ventilate a 20 mi + tunnel for autos.)
Humans are creators with limitless abilities. Now on to the 'oil in the water' issue...
Hippie Bob
the only good part is remembering about the need to swap sides, it seems like a terrible waste of resources to build 2 independent bridges, each on its own supports, and not share support structure somehow
...and how do boats get through?
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