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Snake Vargas · 05-26-2006, 04:13 PM

Impressive. Apart from being the professionals (and I the mere armchair amateur), I wonder if they thought much about sideways forces? Not wind, but things like geological movements or such.

It seems that the single pylons for the suspension cables (ie. not one series on each side of the bridge or something, but one series in the middle) plus the large height vs. width makes it look, in the longer term, potentially unstable to my amateur eyes.

But still, must be amusing to drive atop the clouds.. someone will have to do a commercial about it..

05-26-2006, 04:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
Snake Vargas Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 1,201 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Construction of Worlds Highest Bridge. Architecture and Design. Impressive. Apart from being the professionals (and I the mere armchair amateur), I wonder if they thought much about sideways forces? Not wind, but things like geological movements or such. It seems that the single pylons for the suspension cables (ie. not one series on each side of the bridge or something, but one series in the middle) plus the large height vs. width makes it look, in the longer term, potentially unstable to my amateur eyes. But still, must be amusing to drive atop the clouds.. someone will have to do a commercial about it..