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Water Bridge Over the Elbe

03/11/05 | by chris [mail] | Categories: PICTURES, Technology

waterbridge
Europe's longest water bridge measuring in just shy of a kilometer at 918 meters.

The huge tub to transport ships over the Elbe took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build.

The water bridge will enable river barges to avoid a lengthy and sometimes unreliable passage along the Elbe. Shipping can often come to a halt on the stretch if the river's water mark falls to unacceptably low levels.

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