Water
Bridge... Over a River!!!
Even
after you see it, it is still hard to believe!
Water Bridge in Germany .... What a feat!
Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters
long.......now this is engineering!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 engineering projects, here's a puzzle
for you armchair engineers and physicists.
Did
that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight
of ship and barge traffic, or just the weight of the water?
Answer:
It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water! Why?
A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same
as the ship, regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded.
