More pictures of the pretty cool bridge - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Konichiwaneko · 01-13-2005, 08:11 PM

http://www.esa.int/export/esaEO/SEMQ....html#subhead1

Crisis · 01-13-2005, 08:30 PM

As cool as it looks it doesn't fit in with the surrounding scenery. It just looks awkward.

Hanabal · 01-13-2005, 08:56 PM

i dont know, it kinda fits with the rolling white cloud effect going on.

without the clouds it might be a little strange

mingusfingers · 01-13-2005, 09:47 PM

Wow, that is big. Where is it?

M.T. Promises · 01-13-2005, 09:52 PM

It's in southern France, the link has the info.

Konichiwaneko · 01-13-2005, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mingusfingers

Wow, that is big. Where is it?

Hoping I could avoid mentioning this. It's French.

vorpal_rabbit · 01-13-2005, 10:00 PM

Ah, those wacky French... Is there nothing they can't do?

Asuka{eve} · 01-13-2005, 11:50 PM

I really like it !

Schwan · 01-14-2005, 02:45 AM

These is one of the best things in architecture (or rather enginering) that I saw in a while. Now I'm pretty much set on driving down to France this year just to see that monster.

Macheath · 01-14-2005, 03:51 AM

French eh? I'm at a point now where I just assume these kind of architectural wonders are either Japanese or Chinese.

Kudos to the French.

Pip · 01-14-2005, 04:38 AM

Bridge pr0n oh yeah! Might be worth a little trip to France some day.

omega2K4 · 01-14-2005, 10:25 AM

That looks neat against the clouds. I'd hate to see a low-flying helicopter or airplane crash into it when there is heavy fog.

bermuDa · 01-14-2005, 12:04 PM

in one of the more recent issues of wired magazine there were photos of about 5 or 6 really awesome looking bridges, this being one of them... the issue also had an interesting interview with the guy who wrote the bit torrent protocols.

canuckguy · 01-14-2005, 12:06 PM

that is awesome. great pic, bridges keep getting longer and taller. crazy stuff

john_713 · 01-14-2005, 12:40 PM

Wow very impressive! Not just the bridge though, that picture is quite something with the bridge disappearing into the fog (y)

desal75 · 01-14-2005, 01:31 PM

And to think, here in Buffalo, we can't even agree to build a bridge

Charlatan · 01-14-2005, 01:50 PM

I can't wait to drive on it...

Bratwurst · 01-14-2005, 01:58 PM

Can someone photochop those people out of the bottom right? Its the only thing to me that doesn't look good in that pic.

jbw97361 · 01-14-2005, 02:01 PM

ok, i'll make the obligatory french joke...

~~ and the bridge surrenders~~~

Anyways, it does look pretty cool, although it does seem a little out of place. Perhaps a nice, roman style arch bridge would better?

jimbob · 01-15-2005, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Macheath

French eh? I'm at a point now where I just assume these kind of architectural wonders are either Japanese or Chinese.

Kudos to the French.

Actually the design is by Lord Foster, a Brit!

About whether it fits with its surroundings...I really don't think one could create something that big and functional that blends in. Jacques Chirac said when opening the bridge that a beautiful place deserves a beautiful bridge, which is a nice sentiment. In Britian we'd just have something as cheap as possible.

splck · 01-15-2005, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Konichiwaneko

Hoping I could avoid mentioning this. It's French.

6 posts in and the first lame anti-French quip appears

I think it's a fantastic bridge. Good on them for choosing to go with some style. It'll make the drive South way faster I'm sure.

Terminal Frost · 01-15-2005, 07:54 AM

Yeah, you have got to expect anti-French comments being that this is an American board. Too bad that the best thing we have over hear is an old orange-colored bridge in California. I think that bridge is very cool looking. And how would you make it fit in any better? Paint it green? Shape it like a tree? I think the multiple triangles work well in a mountain area.

Schwan · 01-15-2005, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Terminal Frost

I think the multiple triangles work well in a mountain area.

Wow, I haven't noticed that. Indeed, they do blend in with the hills in the back. Also, to reffer to an earlier post, I think the stone columns might be a reference to roman aqueducts. The whole thing has an aqeduct-ish vibe going. Sort of like old meets new.

moot1337 · 01-16-2005, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by splck

Wow... that is quite an example of great architecture/artwork... that giant thing looks beautiful from that angle. Hope there are lights on the spires for aircraft

Reminds me of something out of everquest... <img src="http://ugoslow.homestead.com/files/eqbackground.jpg" height="480" width="640">

Konichiwaneko · 01-16-2005, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by splck

6 posts in and the first lame anti-French quip appears

I think it's a fantastic bridge. Good on them for choosing to go with some style. It'll make the drive South way faster I'm sure.

I don't think it's a anti-French quip, I capatilized the F which makes it almost respectful.

Zephyr66 · 01-16-2005, 09:09 AM

that is an amazing peice of photography splck, the fog totally works with the colour of the bridge

buclao · 01-16-2005, 08:01 PM

I don't think anybody has asked so I will...

What's the first picture supposed to be off? I mean, it's the bridge right? But where is the bridge?

Konichiwaneko · 01-16-2005, 08:04 PM

it's in a valley in france, the first picture is a satellite photo

Mephisto2 · 01-16-2005, 08:13 PM

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MILLAU, France (AP) – Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a stunningly modern roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.

Celebrated as a work of art and an object of French national pride, the Millau bridge will enable motorists to take a drive through the sky – 270 meters (891 feet) above the Tarn valley for a 2.5 kilometer (1.6 mile) stretch through France’s Massif Central mountains.

Designed by British architect Norman Foster, the steel-and-concrete bridge with its streamlined diagonal suspension cables rests on seven pillars – the tallest measuring 340 meters (1,122 feet), making it 16 meters (53 feet) taller than the Eiffel Tower.

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The €400m (£276m) bridge is balanced on seven pillars, each topped by a pylon from which descend the cables that stay the roadway. At 343m high, the top pylon is 20 metres higher than the Eiffel tower.

Sensors have been built into 36,000 tonnes of steel and 206,000 tonnes of concrete to record stresses from the forecast 28,000 vehicles a day in summer and from climatic variations.

And just to stir the post a bit

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From an Americans perspective few realize that the greatest civil engineers in the word are the French. They have huge sewers under Paris that have been there forever. The roads in France are like silk and with no potholes. They make fast trains and if you ask any American civil engineer, the French build bridges that are decades ahead of the rest of the world. It was the French engineers behind that 150 MPH Acela Amtrak train running between Boston and D.C. incidentally.

But it’s this bridge in Millau that gets me. Built in conjunction with British architect Norman Foster this bridge was designed and completed for less than 400 million Euros or about $600 million at today’s rate (it would have been $350 million before Bush got hold of the economy). But even at $600 million this is peanuts compared to what Californians are being charged for little more than a new onramp to replace the Oakland span of the SF Bay Bridge (to be renamed the Norton Bridge). This simple Oakland project (by comparison to the Millau) is bumping $2 billion and could go higher. Why don’t we bring in the French to do the bridge? Californians, as sharp as they all consider themselves, are exploited by the corruptions of the Democrat run government on a daily basis. This new French bridge makes a mockery out of the rip-off taking place in the SF Bay Area. Laughable.

REF: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/index.php?p=961

BBC slide-show of the bridge: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4095037.stm

Mr Mephisto

PS - If you don't know where the Massif Central is, it's a mountain range in the centre of France, south of Paris.

alpha666 · 01-16-2005, 11:47 PM

yep .... that's a bridge alright! one big fuck off bridge! !!! base lends it's self to some rather full on base jumping no doubt!

arch13 · 01-17-2005, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by buclao

I don't think anybody has asked so I will...

What's the first picture supposed to be off? I mean, it's the bridge right? But where is the bridge?

It's a satilite image of the bridge spaning the valley.

The scale of this acheivment is astounding. Even the pictures do no service to it's true size.
Ponder for a moment:
This bridge is longer than the island of Manhatten is wide.

skier · 01-17-2005, 11:05 AM

Two words:

Base Jump

yatzr · 01-17-2005, 11:42 AM

the pictures are amazing. Was the bridge really worth the cost though?

Konichiwaneko · 01-17-2005, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by yatzr

the pictures are amazing. Was the bridge really worth the cost though?

Sometimes practicality should be put on hold. In a situation like this I think this bridge is beautiful and a testament to human design.

Decadence, oh by all means, but I really don't care for having the greyest and most effecient design there.

Concerning the anti-french statements I made earlier, I was having fun. If anyone gets that offended easily I really pity you.

appleseed · 01-17-2005, 02:24 PM

Wow. There is a bridge that looks just like that in Milwaukee, has been there for a few years. Of course it isn't nearly that long, but the raked spires and the sail-like tension cables are eerily similar. Here's a photo:

Cynthetiq · 01-18-2005, 08:38 AM

I live right on the East River, next to the Williamsburg bridge with my windows facing the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges...

I didn't understand how much they would one day mean to me and I don't ever cross them... but they are very important to some people.

pinkie · 01-18-2005, 09:02 AM

It's fabulous! I love it.

splck · 01-18-2005, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Konichiwaneko

Concerning the anti-french statements I made earlier, I was having fun. If anyone gets that offended easily I really pity you.

But you said it wasn't anti-French quip?

LOL.. Anyways, thinking anyone gets offended is a stretch. I knew someone would say something anti-French as soon as I saw the subject of the thread and you only proved me correct.

Here's another pic. I never thought about BASE jumpers, but I'm sure they are eyeing this bridge with glee.

castex · 01-19-2005, 07:20 AM

Those froggies do seem to be good at cable-stayed bridges. Here's the Pont de Normandy, an hour from us by Le Havre, and the longest of its kind when built in '95:

Here's how we used to do this sort of thing, a little fussier I'm sure you'll agree.

That was the Forth Road Bridge just north of Edinburgh. More to my taste is the absolute stunner sitting just next to it, for trains and built in 1890:

I just love over-engineering (cf. Tay Bridge disaster). Did anyone else spot this beauty in GTA San Andreas? Cheeky buggers!

Here they are together.

Thermopyle · 01-19-2005, 09:37 AM

Pont de Normandy, I crossed it this summer. Spectacular. Vive la France!!!

01-13-2005, 08:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Konichiwaneko The Dreaded Pixel Nazi Location: Inside my camera	More pictures of the pretty cool bridge http://www.esa.int/export/esaEO/SEMQ....html#subhead1 __________________ Hesitate. Pull me in. Breath on breath. Skin on skin. Loving deep. Falling fast. All right here. Let this last. Here with our lips locked tight. Baby the time is right for us... to forget about us.

01-13-2005, 08:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Crisis Tilted	As cool as it looks it doesn't fit in with the surrounding scenery. It just looks awkward. Last edited by Crisis; 01-13-2005 at 08:32 PM..

01-13-2005, 08:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hanabal Insane Location: Auckland	i dont know, it kinda fits with the rolling white cloud effect going on. without the clouds it might be a little strange __________________ I am Hanabal, Phear my elephants

01-13-2005, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
mingusfingers Psycho Location: uhhhh	Wow, that is big. Where is it? __________________ Still Looking

01-13-2005, 10:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
vorpal_rabbit Upright Location: Athens, Ga	Ah, those wacky French... Is there nothing they can't do? __________________ The door flew open. A Mongol warrior surged into the hut like a savage wind. Two children ran screaming to their mother who was cowering wide eyed in the corner of the tiny room. A dog yelped. The warrior hurled his torch on to the still glowing fire, and then threw the dog on to it. That would teach it to be a dog.

01-13-2005, 09:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
M.T. Promises Upright	It's in southern France, the link has the info.

01-13-2005, 11:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Asuka{eve} Addict Location: Oh God, the rain!	I really like it !

01-14-2005, 02:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
Schwan A boy and his dog Location: EU!	These is one of the best things in architecture (or rather enginering) that I saw in a while. Now I'm pretty much set on driving down to France this year just to see that monster.

01-14-2005, 03:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	French eh? I'm at a point now where I just assume these kind of architectural wonders are either Japanese or Chinese. Kudos to the French.

01-14-2005, 04:38 AM	#11 (permalink)
Pip Likes Hats Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Bridge pr0n oh yeah! Might be worth a little trip to France some day.

01-14-2005, 10:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	That looks neat against the clouds. I'd hate to see a low-flying helicopter or airplane crash into it when there is heavy fog. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

01-14-2005, 12:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	in one of the more recent issues of wired magazine there were photos of about 5 or 6 really awesome looking bridges, this being one of them... the issue also had an interesting interview with the guy who wrote the bit torrent protocols. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

01-14-2005, 12:06 PM	#14 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	that is awesome. great pic, bridges keep getting longer and taller. crazy stuff

01-14-2005, 12:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
john_713 Upright Location: United Kingdom	Wow very impressive! Not just the bridge though, that picture is quite something with the bridge disappearing into the fog (y)

01-14-2005, 01:31 PM	#16 (permalink)
desal75 Psycho Location: Western New York	And to think, here in Buffalo, we can't even agree to build a bridge __________________ The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed.

01-14-2005, 01:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I can't wait to drive on it... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

01-14-2005, 01:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
Bratwurst Insane Location: La la land	Can someone photochop those people out of the bottom right? Its the only thing to me that doesn't look good in that pic. __________________ 40

01-14-2005, 02:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
jbw97361 Tilted	ok, i'll make the obligatory french joke... ~~ and the bridge surrenders~~~ Anyways, it does look pretty cool, although it does seem a little out of place. Perhaps a nice, roman style arch bridge would better? __________________ JBW

01-15-2005, 07:54 AM	#22 (permalink)
Terminal Frost Tilted Location: Manhattan Island	Yeah, you have got to expect anti-French comments being that this is an American board. Too bad that the best thing we have over hear is an old orange-colored bridge in California. I think that bridge is very cool looking. And how would you make it fit in any better? Paint it green? Shape it like a tree? I think the multiple triangles work well in a mountain area.

01-16-2005, 09:09 AM	#26 (permalink)
Zephyr66 My custom title's the shit! Location: Canada	that is an amazing peice of photography splck, the fog totally works with the colour of the bridge

01-16-2005, 08:01 PM	#27 (permalink)
buclao Insane	I don't think anybody has asked so I will... What's the first picture supposed to be off? I mean, it's the bridge right? But where is the bridge?

01-16-2005, 08:04 PM	#28 (permalink)
Konichiwaneko The Dreaded Pixel Nazi Location: Inside my camera	it's in a valley in france, the first picture is a satellite photo __________________ Hesitate. Pull me in. Breath on breath. Skin on skin. Loving deep. Falling fast. All right here. Let this last. Here with our lips locked tight. Baby the time is right for us... to forget about us.

01-16-2005, 11:47 PM	#30 (permalink)
alpha666 Tilted	yep .... that's a bridge alright! one big fuck off bridge! !!! base lends it's self to some rather full on base jumping no doubt!

01-17-2005, 11:05 AM	#32 (permalink)
skier Rawr! Location: Edmontania	Two words: Base Jump __________________ "Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim

01-17-2005, 11:42 AM	#33 (permalink)
yatzr Insane	the pictures are amazing. Was the bridge really worth the cost though? __________________ Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.

01-17-2005, 02:24 PM	#35 (permalink)
appleseed Tilted Location: Wisconsin	Wow. There is a bridge that looks just like that in Milwaukee, has been there for a few years. Of course it isn't nearly that long, but the raked spires and the sail-like tension cables are eerily similar. Here's a photo: Last edited by appleseed; 01-17-2005 at 02:27 PM..

01-18-2005, 08:38 AM	#36 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	I live right on the East River, next to the Williamsburg bridge with my windows facing the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges... I didn't understand how much they would one day mean to me and I don't ever cross them... but they are very important to some people. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

01-18-2005, 09:02 AM	#37 (permalink)
pinkie Helplessly hoping Location: Above the stars	It's fabulous! I love it.

01-19-2005, 07:20 AM	#39 (permalink)
castex Psycho Location: france	Those froggies do seem to be good at cable-stayed bridges. Here's the Pont de Normandy, an hour from us by Le Havre, and the longest of its kind when built in '95: Here's how we used to do this sort of thing, a little fussier I'm sure you'll agree. That was the Forth Road Bridge just north of Edinburgh. More to my taste is the absolute stunner sitting just next to it, for trains and built in 1890: I just love over-engineering (cf. Tay Bridge disaster). Did anyone else spot this beauty in GTA San Andreas? Cheeky buggers! Here they are together.

01-19-2005, 09:37 AM	#40 (permalink)
Thermopyle Crazy Location: Top of the World, Mom!	Pont de Normandy, I crossed it this summer. Spectacular. Vive la France!!! __________________ Live life like you're gonna die, beacause you're gonna! - William Shatner.