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"A Bridge So Far": Japan's Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge
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All the time man is trying to better himself and accomplish the
impossible. Japan's Alkashi Kaikyo Bridge does accomplish the impossible.
Japan is made up of four islands and after the building of the Alkashi
Kaikyo Bridge, they are connected .... Middle of Term Paper
... did was stretch the bridge
two and a half feet.
The bridge's construction was started in 1988 and was finished just
this year. It cost 3.3 billion dollars and weighs more that 350,000 tons.
The cable used on the bridge is composed of 290 strands and is 186,000
miles long. The bridge is equipped with a feature that no other bridge has.
That feature is mass dampers that include pendulums that help stabilize
the towers. This stabilizer was needed since the two towers are almost as
tall as the Eiffel Tower.
I love to watch how we accomplish so many great things and
hopefully I can be one of those people who is on the cutting edge s ... |
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