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Re: Meeting on the 15th?
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lugnet.org.us.nelug
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Mon, 14 May 2001 00:58:31 GMT
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suz@baseplate.com^StopSpam^
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
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> > Well, wouldn't ya know it.. Yesterday I, quite unexpectedly,
> > went into a building frenzy after figuring out how the asymmetrical
> > cabling runs through the new Charles River crossing. I've been in
> > love with this thing since I first saw the drawings.. It's architecturally
> > goregous and technologically brilliant.
> > (IMHO)
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> Mine too. It's different than other cable stayed bridges like the Tampa-St.
> Pete but apparently not the first bridge to use the "pass through" towers.
Yup, the towers aren't new, other than a few details, but this will be
the widest of its type. It's not a long bridge, but the cabling is
stellar. It looks just odd enough for someone to need a few passes by to
understand what's going on up there.
Driving into the defined spaces may be distracting enough for me to
crash my car, but just before I do, I'll have had an experience more
awesome than any amusement park ride. :-) I haven't seen an animated fly
through yet, but I hope to.
I'm just giddy to have a project like this *here*. Usually, I can only
read about this sort of urban design. I mean, things here tend to be
kinda... old.
BTW, this is a pretty good reference site on bridges. Brief entries but
fun to browse:
http://bridgepros.com/projects/index.html
Ours is listed under "current projects." Tampa is there too, under
"cable stayed."
> See this post to .trains and ones near it, apparently there is one in europe
> somewhere too, and it's been modeled. Way cool.
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> http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=10859
Ah, neat-o.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=42242
I too used sloped bricks - legs are about the same size, but the Boston
towers have those non-cabled upper spires, making them quite tall. To
root cables in the tower surface, I used half pegs in Technic holes.
-Suz
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