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Re: Datsville Update
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Date: 
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 19:41:53 GMT
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On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 06:24:24PM +0000, John VanZwieten wrote:
> Have you seen the new bridge they're building in London?  It was in a recent
> edition of Popular Science.  The deck of the bridge curves out over the water,
> and the support structure has the same curve, but vertically.  When the bridge
> opens, the whole thing rotates so that both deck and support are 45 degrees
> compared to the water.

Do you have the name of the bridge and some ather things so I can do a
search on the web?  PopSci.com mentions the article, but doesn't have it
online.

The article summary said it opened like an eye.

Ciao!

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  Re: Datsville Update
 
(...) water, (...) bridge (...) The Baltic Millennium Bridge over the Tyne River b/w Gateshead and Newcastle in N.E. England. -John Van (27 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)

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(...) Hmm. I may have to mess with that a bit. I want to go with something more like 30 studs across. Have you seen the new bridge they're building in London? It was in a recent edition of Popular Science. The deck of the bridge curves out over the (...) (27 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)

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