Building a bridge 1 rocket at a time:

[lethe]

so glad i don't have to use that scaffolding

C'mon it was made from really good pallets, it's fine.

[erkishhorde]

Ah, yeah... 320m does not equal 360ft. 

The rubble looks interesting. I would have expected more larger pieces and less smaller pieces. I also hope those masonry looking pieces are just an architectural thing and they weren't actually trying to make it out of CMU block.

[herm]

there is a similar (much smaller scale though, i think) project going on just below the hoover damn.

it is frikin amazing to see how they plan to span such huge vertical stuff.

[A.duc.H.duc.]

amazing

[Capo]

No way could I drive over that, even as a passenger I'd have to be anaesthetised.
But wait a minute WFO on a DR16 would be like a F15. 

[The Architect]

Ah, yeah... 320m does not equal 360ft. 

The rubble looks interesting. I would have expected more larger pieces and less smaller pieces. I also hope those masonry looking pieces are just an architectural thing and they weren't actually trying to make it out of CMU block.

I don't see much steel?

Maybe some politicians brother owns a block plant?

so glad i don't have to use that scaffolding

I wonder how many lives were sacrificed for the good of the people?   Any idea on deathtoll to date?

[lethe]

I wonder how many lives were sacrificed for the good of the people?   Any idea on deathtoll to date?

The dead are used as building material, that makes this a "green" project because people are a renewable resource.

[Drunken Monkey]

The dead are used as building material, that makes this a "green" project because people are a renewable resource.

And easily manufactured using unskilled labor 

[the_Journeyman]

there is a similar (much smaller scale though, i think) project going on just below the hoover damn.

it is frikin amazing to see how they plan to span such huge vertical stuff.

Saw this last summer, very very impressive.  They were working on the stancions for the base of the arch part of it.  IIRC the new bridge they're building is a single-arch bridge like the one that's famous in WV ~

JM

[The Architect]

The dead are used as building material, that makes this a "green" project because people are a renewable resource.

That explains why the other CMU bridge collapsed, bones and steel aren't quite the same strength.

If that's a "green" project then this must be the "greenest" project ever.  We're talking LEED quadruple platinum!
http://www.missionreporter.org/road_of_death.htm

[Monsterlover]

The dead are used as building material, that makes this a "green" project because people are a renewable resource.

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[the_Journeyman]

Nice ML!

JM

[B.Rock]

I don't see much steel?

Maybe some politicians brother owns a block plant?

I wonder how many lives were sacrificed for the good of the people?   Any idea on deathtoll to date?

+1 giant WTF on the CMU.

[The Architect]

Soylent Morter company

I wish I had bought Soylent Laundry Soap stock before they expanded into the mortar industry and opened shop in China. 

[Kopfjäger]

The worst part about this bridge is. After you drive over it, 30 min. later you'll want to do it again.