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  Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
 
(...) Mike- The 192 stud (10 ft) cable-stayed bridged that I posted a picture of earlier in this thread has a middle open span of 96 studs (5 ft). When we originally designed it, we made the deck just 5 plates thick with the intention of having the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
 
(...) Ted, Sorry, I can not stand it anymore. A 48 stud baseplate is 15" and a fraction. Two at 96 studs would be 30" and a fraction. Four at 192 studs would be 5 feet and a fraction. Therefore 384 studs would be ten feet 3/4 of an inch. Bruce (16 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
 
(...) Aww, c'mon Bruce. All guys like to exaggerate the length of their LEGO bridges when telling others about them. Especially when talking with the ladies. ;-) Sorry Ted...Bruce kinda set me up for this one in a round-about way. :-) -Dave (16 years ago, 24-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
 
(...) Bruce- You are quite right, but my error is in studs, not feet. (I had an in-the-back-of-my-mi...uite-right feeling even as I wrote the post(s). I think the problem was that I knew that each single tower section was 192 studs long but in the (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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