Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Future is Plastic ... Bridges

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-enough-for-gaston-glock dept.

ches_grin writes "BusinessWeek reports on the latest in bridge-building technology, where new materials and techniques are allowing bridges to be built in places that were previously thought impossible. New plastics are allowing bridges to be lighter and stronger than concrete, and 'using cables and new suspension techniques, these bridges traverse bodies of water that were once too deep, too soft-floored, or too earthquake-prone for conventional methods.' The article also includes a slideshow of some of the most innovative bridges, some still under construction."

6 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. The future by liak12345 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The future is Spell.... Checkersq.

  2. long bridgeq by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I went to look at the slideshowq. From the first slideq: "From Shanghai to Sicily." That's one hell of a bridgeq!

    --
    This guy's the limit!
  3. Re:What sort of plastic? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny
    Will we have toxic fumes along the lines of the DEHP that makes vinyl siding your house a public safety risk?
    Are you kidding? This is a BRIDGE over DiHydrogen Monoxide, one of the most toxic compounds known to man, and you're worried about the toxicity of combustion byproducts *just in case* the bridge catches on fire?

    Sheesh.
    --
    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  4. Finally! by Alicat1194 · · Score: 2, Funny

    A use for all that spare Lego I have hanging around!

    --
    You can learn a lot about a person if you just take the time to inject them with sodium pentathol
    1. Re:Finally! by eam · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's no such thing as "spare" Lego. Just bricks awaiting their next adventure.

      After all, if something is "spare", you don't really need it.

  5. Re:Wake up mods! DHMO = H2O by Robotech_Master · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe the moderators were trying for +5 funny moderations on their moderations.

    --
    Editor Emeritus and Senior Writer, TeleRead.org