Something about this picture... holds water.

[Mesarthim]

the Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

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this might be old news to some of you (it was apparently completed in 2003 after only six years of construction), but I found this rather an amazing feat of engineering.

[rhino]

its like a gigantic lazy river

[Abzu]

That is pretty cool.

[Lavabug]

Holy shit.

[Hugo.]

The chesapeake tunnel is also cool.

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

chesapeake bay bridge-tunnel*



she is also an expensive trip

[Hugo.]

WELL WORTH IT IF YOU CANT SWIM AMIRITE.

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

or you don't go that way

[Hugo.]

I actually went the good way.



No, the good way. The smaller curved bridge outside dc.

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

the long and expensive way*

[Mesarthim]

[quote name="Hugo"]The chesapeake tunnel is also cool.



[/quote]



now what the fuck was the point of building the causeway so far out into the water and then having a small tunnel in the middle?

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

Initially, high-level bridges were contemplated to cross over the two main shipping channels on the selected route, Thimble Shoals Channel, which leads to Hampton Roads, and the Chesapeake Channel, which leads to points north in the Bay, notably the Port of Baltimore. However, the U.S. Navy objected, due to concerns that fall down in a giant display of homosexuality of high level bridge(s) (due to either accidental or deliberate action) could cause a large portion of the Atlantic fleet based at the Norfolk Navy Base at Sewell's Point and other craft within the Hampton Roads harbor area to be blocked from access to the Atlantic Ocean.

[Mesarthim]

[Hugo.]

You dont wanna be blockin that shit

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

correct

[scarica]

[quote name="lǝp + uɯH + lɹʇƆ"]



the Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

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this might be old news to some of you (it was apparently completed in 2003 after only six years of construction), but I found this rather an amazing feat of engineering. [/quote]



that's just fucking weird.

[shadowalk]

Nah. It's just awesome.

[Mr. P]

[quote name="shadowalk"]Nah. It's just awesome.[/quote]

[Olden Polynice]

It seems like they created a future problem

[Mesarthim]

how? they shortened the distance that ships have to travel and managed to keep the two rivers separate that were also at different water levels without having to use a boat lift. seem like a win win to me.

[TamPron]

boats

[Olden Polynice]

I was just picturing the flood should the bridge fall down in a giant display of homosexuality

[Hugo.]

That would be most homosexual.

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

The gays were told not to march on that bridge

[Mesarthim]

here's the thing though. unlike the rest of the world, Germany actually maintains it's infrastructure. it won't fall down in a giant display of homosexuality.

[Devy]

That's definitely my favourite word chili cheese fries

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

[quote name="Devy"]That's definitely my favourite word dandruff [/quote]



Basement and cake round out the top 3

[scarica]

i don't know what's going on with the chili cheese fries!!!

[Abzu]

They are amorphous.

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

[quote name="scarica"]i don't know what's going on with the chili cheese fries!!! [/quote]



Someone added some fun ones

[scarica]

but i don't know which ones!!