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Highest Bridge in the World Nearing Completion

Posted by michael on from the don't-look-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A weekend cookie for all engineering geeks out here. The central span of the Millau bridge (270 meters or 886 ft) has been completed!" The photo is awesome.

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  1. Two Words by toygeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Base Jump!

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  2. bungee!!! by jred · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've never bungee jumped before, but that pic sure made me think about it. Damn! But I'm scared of heights...

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  3. Lowest Bidder by TheOldFart · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are these the same people who built the new terminal at Charles De Gaulle?

  4. Re:What's the use? by PHP+Wolf · · Score: 5, Funny
    What's the use of having a bridge that is that high? Just seems like a serious waste of resources just for bragging rights.

    They get serious flooding in that valley.

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  5. Engineering Geeks? by pipingguy · · Score: 3, Funny


    Does it run Linux?

  6. Funding? by PHP+Wolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's probably a sign before you drive onto the bridge that reads: "World's tallest bridge! World's highest toll!"

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    1. Re:Funding? by ThisIsFred · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well at least you get to see a unique engineering masterpiece for your money. Think of what you get to see for a $2 toll on the Jersey Turnpike. And what's worse when the trip is over, you're in New Jersey.

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  7. Is it a draw bridge? by pergamon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, did they even bother to future-proof this thing so that when we reach the age of 300m high boats that it won't have to be torn down?

  8. Re:Er... why? by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because the german army hates to march up and down hills, of course.

  9. Re:Star Wars... by carlos_benj · · Score: 4, Funny

    So now the US Navy pilots have a slalom course in Europe. Sweet!

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  10. Re:Er... why? by k98sven · · Score: 5, Funny

    But doesn't it seem more fitting to computer geeks if the road to Béziers is curved?

  11. Re:Biggest/Tallest/Most/Best Terror Targets by dumdeedum · · Score: 4, Funny
    In fact let's just stay indoors, lock the door and don't move.
    Your rhetoric has no power on Slashdot.
  12. Re:Check out bridge day by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jump smart... you'll live longer.

    Don't jump.

    You'll live even longer.

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