35 Examples Of Amazing Infrastructure Every Engineer Appreciates, As Shared In This Group
Some photos draw you in and don’t want to let you go, so you spend entire minutes (that feel like small eternities) sitting transfixed, with your eyes on the screen. That’s exactly the feeling we get when we look at the pics featured on this subreddit that’s entirely dedicated to showing off the beauty of infrastructure. After all, (and let’s be cheesy here for a moment) infrastructure doesn’t just connect us together physically—it also connects our hearts through the mutual adoration of aesthetics.
And while the internet watchdogs might censor the full name of this particular online community, what they can’t hide is the love that we feel for beautiful and artistic photos. We’ve collected some of the best photos from the ‘Infrastructure’ subreddit, the home to nearly 225k members, for you to enjoy. So scroll down, upvote your fave photos, and let us know if these images have seduced you away from your (and my) true love—cute cat pics.
According to anthropologist Margaret Mead, however, the first sign of civilization in a culture isn't something that we make (like fishhooks or clay pots); it's how we act towards others. Specifically, our compassion.
I had a chat about infrastructure challenges and problems with an expert from Sweden with a background in urban planning who preferred to remain anonymous because of the sensitive nature of her work. She told Bored Panda that these challenges depend on whether or not we're looking to build an entirely new settlement or expand the infrastructure of an existing city. What's more, the expert touched upon the fact that we should keep in mind the balance between service reach and health risk factors such as pollution, and how the focus on car-centric infrastructure in the United States and Canada can be seen as a failure. Read on for the full interview.
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A1 Highway Ecoduct, The Veluwe, Netherlands
Aqueduct Veluwemeer, Netherlands
Took me a moment to understand this one, I was looking for a drawbridge.
The Netherlands, where half the time you are below seal level but still on dry land. It can be disconcerting.
Load More Replies...For anyone confused- the road goes UNDER the water in a tunnel, allowing boats to pass over
Thank you! I didn't see it and my brain was starting to hurt :D
Load More Replies...So-the road actually continues underwater as a tunnel, is that correct?
Only Dutch people can show such confidence towards the fact most of their country is below sea level.
This current "InterGlacial" is at its tail end, and soon it will be well above sea level. Remember, the planet is still in the middle of a 2.58my ice age(Pleistocene)
Load More Replies...I remember the look on my wife's face when we encountered one when we were visiting my family in The Netherlands: " Is that a boat above us? " It was a huge sailboat she saw. For me it was a normal thing since I lived there but I can imagine her surprise.
But how do the cars get to the other side?? Is there a tunnel?
Load More Replies...Ok, I'm a slow American, please don't judge me. Does the roadway go underneath the water at that breakpoint?
Virginia has a underwater tunnel between Chesapeake and Hampton Roads.
This is especially jarring picture, because the road goes underwater and comes back up so quickly. But the same technique is done on a much more grand scale elsewhere. For instance, in the states, the entire state of Delaware, a huge hunk of Maryland, and a good-sized chunk of Virginia are on a very pronounced peninsula (DelMarVa). The highway from Delmarva to mainland Virginia crosses the Chessapeake bay at the second busiest port and most important naval port in America, Hampton Roads, a cluster of several major cities including Virginia's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th largest. This highway goes up and down and up and down repeatedly, under three major water-highways.
at first look, i thought this was magic. something like platform 9 and 3 quarters lolz
This is so beautiful! I had to look it up! Here's a video I found of it! https://youtu.be/lmq9U3QI9CU
Wow. I'll bet this is cheaper to build and maintain then a draw bridge
is you didn't know, Netherland is a waterworld and by boat you can go everywhere
In case of too much rains and the floods!? The land area, around the roads, is too narrow. Might be humans made. To cover up the full length of waterbody. Lake or a river?
Holland, Michigan's Downtown Has Heated Streets And Sidewalks That Melt Snow And Ice. The System Utilizes Wastewater From A Nearby Power Plant Which Circulates Through 120 Miles Of Plastic Piping Underneath The Pavement. It Can Melt An Inch Of Snow An Hour Even At 20 Degrees Fahrenheit
That's so cool! Reminds me how in Prague there is a swimming pool built close to the national Czech TV. They built them in a similar time and connected those two. Now the water for the pool is being heated by the excessive heat that the TV studios produce and those studios are cooled down by the cold water from the swimming pool. It's genius.
According to the urban planning expert, the challenges that people face when building a new city include finding the right placement for the infrastructure, from large roads and power lines to power plants, water treatment plants, and more. The expert pointed out that it's all a balancing game where you have to place the infrastructure close enough to residential areas to increase the service reach, yet also keep it as far away as possible to reduce pollution, noise, and other factors that can cause health risks.
"The challenges associated with developing infrastructure for an existing city are similar yet even more complicated because an agreement is necessary with already-established residents. With all the aforementioned health factors, naturally, no one would be happy about hosting a facility nearby," the expert told Bored Panda.
"Technical problems, such as the quality of the soil and urban density of an area, are always challenging for laying pipes and cables required for services such as electricity, fiber optic internet, heating, sewerage, water, etc. Developing infrastructure often poses a challenge of balancing the installment and laying cost against the longevity and life cycle cost."
Skytrain Inside Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
I've been here before, there are restaurants down below this and upstairs there are indoor playground for kids, the whole experience there is breathtaking!
Sart Canal Bridge, Belgium
A Cell Phone Tower Disguised As Cactus
The Swedish urban planning expert highlighted to Bored Panda a couple of examples of what badly-designed infrastructure looks like: freeways and stroads (no, no, that's not a typo! Stroads are roads that are too wide and fast to be safe for pedestrian safety and too narrow and slow for efficient car movement). "It’s a widely accepted fact that the late 20th-century approach to mobility, mostly realized in North America, roads being catered to cars and not people, has been a great failure," she said.
"It is completely detrimental to the vibrancy of city life, as wide and sidewalk-less freeways, and so-called stroads, make walking impossible as a means of travel from A to B around the urban area," she pointed out that this also negatively affects other modes of transportation like biking or using public transport. What's more, this leads to the overuse of private vehicles and increases safety risks.
An Archipelago In Norway
Ecoducts, Railway, Highway, Roads, Walkways... In Breda, The Netherlands
I just love the way nature and progress are combined great forward thinkers looking back to nature.
Shalu Leisure Landscape Trail, Taichung, Taiwan
This is a nice idea to turn the ugly underside of an elevated highway into something more tolerable.
Anthropologist Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a thighbone that had healed after being broken. That's because it shows that somebody stayed together with the person who broke their femur and helped them recover. In Mead's opinion, civilization starts there because it shows the contrast between human beings and the rest of the animal kingdom which lives by the law of the jungle where it's survival of the fittest all the way through.
That's not to say that animals aren't compassionate toward each other (they are), but it takes around six weeks of rest for a femur to heal without modern medicine and that's a very long time to spend with a wounded member of the pack who can't feed itself, contribute to the group, or protect itself from predators.
Viaduc De Millau - France
A Partial View Of The 30km Long Houtribdijk Dam In The Netherlands. Again, Leave It To The Dutch!
A Village Settlement In Denmark
Just imagine someone asking where you live 'oh yeah I live in circle 3'
The ‘Infrastructure’ subreddit, founded way back in 2011, is exclusively dedicated to (yup, you guessed it) pictures of infrastructure. From paved roads and other public transit to agriculture, freight, waste management, and water systems. And far more!
You’ve got bridges and tunnels! Sewers and electrical grids! Telecommunications and all the other physical interconnected systems that improve our lives.
Infrastructure encompasses all the marvels of human ingenuity and engineering that make living life far easier and all the things that we really don’t want to do without. Infrastructure is what keeps us worrying about first-world problems instead of how we’ll get water today when the local spring is ten miles away and goes through a pitch-black forest full of hungry wolves.
Northern Lights From The Top Of The Mackinac Bridge
The Storseisundet Bridge In Norway
Subsea Undergroundabout, Faroe Islands
The more you think about it, the more the term ‘infrastructure’ seems to touch. So while we’ve got hard infrastructure that we can touch and physically use like roads, we’ve also got soft infrastructure that isn’t as tangible but is still vital to the health and welfare of any local community.
Some examples of soft infrastructure can include our network of institutions that are responsible for our economy, public health, social order, and cultural standards. From law enforcement and emergency services to educational programs and even… parks and recreational facilities! These might be far harder to take a photo of, but they’re still essential to civilization. After all, roads and streets mean nothing if you don’t have people working to help each other in whatever way they can best apply their particular set of skills.
Dudhasagar Falls (Sea Of Milk), Goa, India
The Delta Works In The Netherlands, Consisting Of 13 Parts, Together Form The Largest Storm Surge Barrier In The World And Was Declared One Of The Seven Wonders Of The Modern World By The American Society Of Civil Engineers
The nice thing is that, instead of building solid dykes, they uses sluices and storm surge barriers that can open, to preserve the natural habitat.
Saint Petersburg Metro, Russia
Another Scale Of Infrastructure, These Salmon Stairs In Sweden
Electric Elevated Railway (Suspension Railway) , Wuppertal, Germany
Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake), Copenhagen, Denmark
Highway Interchange Near Tokyo
Project Engineers Demonstrating The Cantilever Principles Of The Forth Bridge In Scotland, 1887
Three Undergound Metro Lines Crossing Eachother At The Place De L'opéra In Paris
It also has a very peculiar odor because it runs on tires, if I'm not wrong
Brutalist Flats In Camden, London
Gordon Dam In Tasmania, Australia
The bottom part of the pic makes it look like a rollercoaster goes down it!
Botanical Garden In Madrid Atocha Train Statino
It's the disused Atocha terminal, not the 90s modern one that's in use. This is all shops and bars.
Roundabout And Bicycle Bridge In The Netherlands
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
Bhumibol Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand
Solar Power Plants In The United States Photographed By Bernhard Lang
When traveled through the countryside of Chile, we came to a valley that seemed to be filled with a large reflective lake. But I quickly noticed that the lake bent upwards at the edges... and it wasn't a lake, it was a massive solar farm! One so big it seemed to fill the entire mountain valley. The US has some catching up to do.
The Beipanjiang Bridge, Spanning The Nizhu River In China At A Height Of 565 Metres
Pont De Normandie, France
My Developing Country Of Georgia Has Been Renewing Its 20th Century Rust Oven Fleet, With An Armada Of Brand New Electric Buses. Pedestrian Life Just Got Easier
The Tuned Mass Damper Of Taipei 101 Skyscraper. A Tuned Mass Damper Is A Device Mounted In Structures To Reduce The Amplitude Of Mechanical Vibrations. Their Application Can Prevent Discomfort, Damage, Or Outright Structural Failure
Rather ingenious, though really a very simple concept - it's a heavy weight at the base of the tower, which suspended by ropes attached to the upper part of the building. If the tower sways to one side, the weight will still point straight downwards and basically pull the top of the building back up.
Kechut Reservoir, Jermuk, Armenia
The Dresden Suspension Railway Is The Second-Oldest Of Its Kind, Dating Back To 1901
Ruyi Bridge In Shenxianju, Taizhou
Glowing Greenhouses In The Netherlands. Photo By George Steinmetz
The Sea Cliff Bridge, Australia
Interstate H-3- Oahu, Hawaii
“It’s Not Possible To Take Such A Photograph Anymore, As The Buildings Outside Block The Sun Rays.” Grand Central, NYC (1929)
A Car Elevator In Chicago, Circa 1936
[oc] Washington Dc Metro Stations Are Still Gorgeous Even If You Get Used To Them
I miss the metro in DC. For whatever reason I really liked the feeling of those stations.
Amager Bakke: Ski Mountain, Hiking Trails An Energy Plant
The Stockholm Telephone Tower With Approximately 5,500 Telephone Lines, 1890
What The Roof Of Notre-Dame Currently Looks Like
Three Bridges In London: A Road Crossing Over A Canal Crossing Over A Railway Line
Manhattan Bridge - New York
Feeling Anxious? Don't Try This Highway Under The Sea Level In The Netherlands
The Slauerhoffbrug, A Drawbridge Over A Canal In Leeuwarden, Netherlands
The Back Side Of Hoover Damn, Under Water Since 1936
I Was Told To Post This Here. Oil Rig Before It Is Underwater
I want to know who told you to post here! Forget the rig: who's been talking!
Inside The Main Railway Station In Berlin, Germany
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is stunning, even if I found it a bit confusing those three times I arrived there as a tourist.
Golden Gate Bridge Bring Constructed In 1935
Henningsvaer Fotballbanen (Soccer Field) In Norway
Highest Suspension Bridge In Africa - Mohamed Vi - Rabat, Morocco
Eco-Link Over The Bukit Timah Expressway In Singapore
looks like it was taken during the annual burning of the palm oil plantations in Indonesia.
7 Mile Bridge To Key West, Florida
The bridge on the left is its predecessor, finished in 1912 as a rail line, now open to pedestrians and cyclists.
Yanweizhou Park Was Designed To Flood During The Monsoon Season To Help Prevent The City Of Jinhua, China From Flooding
Different Generations Of Bridge Design (Forth Rail Bridge 1889, Forth Road Bridge 1964, Queensferry Crossing 2017)
Our New Bicycle Parking Has Opened Today With 5475 Spots
Uhmm, Utrecht Central Station has 12,500 spots... and sometimes they have to close the entrance because it's full. Fun fact, there are 17.5 million Dutchies and 23 million bikes.
The Tokyo Subway Network From Above
Mind you this is just the subway lines. There are many more surface trains in the city. Its actually quite insane to see a transportation map of Tokyo
St. John's Bridge Across The Willamette River In Portland, USA
A Railroad Crossing Is Surrounded By Flooding Near Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst)
Napoli Afragola High Speed Rail Station In Italy
San Francisco Infrastructure
Somewhere In Hong Kong
Millau Viaduct, France
In 1976, San Jose City Councilman Joe Colla Lifted His Car With A Crane Onto One Of The Unconnected Ramps Of The I-280/I-680 Interchange To Protest It Not Being Finished. It Was Completed 5 Years Later And In 2010, Was Renamed In Honor Of Him
The Minneapolis Skyway System Is The Largest In The World Covering Over 69 City Blocks (11 Miles) Which Allows You To Live, Work, Shop, Dine, Bar Hop, Attend Sporting Events & Concerts Year Round; You Never Have To Go Outside, Unless You Want To
Meyer Werft Shipyard, Papenburg, Germany. Home To The World's Largest Roofed Drydock
Not Brilliant Resolution; But It Compensates By Being An Extraordinary Picture ... & On-Balance It Seemed Well-Fit For Posting
Tapo Bus Terminal In Mexico City
Wind Turbine Blade, Germany
I am more impressed with the transporting of this blade than the blade itself.
Railway Bridge In Nairobi National Park, Kenya
This isn't beautiful. I heard this railway was really bad for the natural wildlife living there.
The New Main Railway Station In Vienna, Austria
Hong Kong International Airport
Infrastructure That Makes You Go Hmmm
Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai
These Unique Hybrid Monorails Ran On The Us Capital Subway System From 1915-1961
What's even more interesting are the systems which came before, and which replaced this one! The first subway cars on this line were Studebaker electric automobiles (1909) driven through the tunnels. The following system uses 'subway cars' which are completely unpowered. They are accelerated by linear motors mounted to the track bed beneath them.
Magdeburg Water Bridge, Germany
A New Pedestrian Bridge Has Opened In Chengdu Of China
Water Tower Near Moncontour, Brittany, France
Liège-Guillemins Train Station In Belgium. It Is Hard To Find A Photo That Captures This Place!
Hydropowerplant In Iceland
Railways In Tokyo
There is also a video on Youtube that shows how they switch the rails to re-direct the trains that's amazing!!
Does This Count? Ice Road In Estonia. Speed Limit 10-25 Km/H And 40-70 Km/H. Advised To Avoid The Range Of 25-40 Km/H For Extended Periods Of Time Because Of Resonance. It's Also Illegal To Fasten Your Seat Belts
The Gwangyang Steel Works In Gwangyang, South Korea - The Largest Facility Of Its Kind In The World
The Hague Central Station, The Netherlands
When The Cloverleaf Doesn't Do It For You But You Can't Let It Go
Why, though? A cloverleaf wouldn't take up any more space. A more recent development in interchange design is a diverging-diamond, which makes so much more sense once you see one in action.
Crni Kal, In Slovenia
Gotthard Pass In Switzerland
Hong Kong Water Treatment Plant
Highway Interchange In Guiyang
Melting Street During A Heatwave In India
San Diego Freeway
The Deepsea Nordkapp Semi-Submersible Oil Rig
A Freight Train Being Loaded On A Ship In Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Not Sure If This Counts ... But That Id A Huge Interchange
1,5km 5% Ship Escalator | Ronquières, Belgium
Liziba Station, Chongqing
Terminal 1, Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport
Railroad Bridge In Brazil
Mont Blanc Tunnel Entrance In Chamonix, France
Shasta Dam - Under Construction - 1942
"V" Shaped Bridge In Moscow, Russia
I wouldn't say this is a bridge, this is a viewing platform and it's really cool.
The Cantilevered Portion Of The Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd)
Platforms At Denver Union Station, Colorado, USA
Denver's Airport should also be included, the architecture is beautiful, but then it also has Blucifer, the demon horse statue, ha.
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Boston Before And After The Big Dig
Aerial Veiw Of The Launch Pads Along Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Park Bridge In The Kicking Horse Pass In British Columbia, Canada
Peachtree Center Transit Station In Atlanta. At 120 Feet Below Downtown It Is Atlanta's Deepest Marta Station And It Is Massive
Old (1958) vs. New (2011) Viaducts Over The River Ulla (Spain)
Before And After Boston's Big Dig
Conveyor Belt Of The Obed Mountain Mine In Alberta, Canada. Regardless Of It Being A Coal Mine I Just Think The Conveyor Belt Is Kind Of Neat
Bridge Between Two Buildings, Chongqing
Kronenburg Tram Station In Amstelveen, Netherlands
Édouard Montpetit Rem Station Excavation, 70m Below Montréal
This really puts in perspective the "enormus digging" that happened 3m from our house for a new 3.7m high retaining wall.
World's Greatest Dam (Three Gorges China) Needs The World's Greatest Ship Lock. Steps: 5 / Lanes: 2 / Elevation Change: 175m / F**ks Given: 0
Mackinac Bridge Connecting The Upper And Lower Peninsulas Of The U.S. State Of Michigan
This isn't the best photo of the bridge. It is truly spectacular though.
Since 1998, Carmel, Indiana, A Suburb Of Indianapolis, Has Replaced Almost All Of Its Signalized Intersections With Roundabouts. They Have 125 Now And Plan To Reach 140
Here’s Highway 401 Aka North America’s Busiest Highway At Its Widest Point (18 Lanes) Just Outside Of Toronto, Ontario
There is nothing about this that is attractive or interesting. It's just sad.
Bangkok, Thailand
their metro system is excellent! very convenient and well maintained
The Telescope At The Arecibo Observatory In Puerto Rico Has Collapsed, Presumably In A Much Less Awesome Fashion Than In Goldeneye
"Western High-Speed Diameter" Is An Intracity Toll Highway In St. Petersburg, Russia
Solar Panels Covering The Hillside In China's Henan Province
Very disheartening to see this, surely there is a better way to get solar power.
The World's Longest Conveyor Belt. It Carries Phosphate 61 Miles From Bou Craa In Western Sahara To The Port Of Marsa
Unlike Dallas, They Build Flyover Interchanges For Trains In Singapore. Jurong East Interchange Station
“Duga” Radar System, Ukraine
The Only City In Canada With A Complete Controlled-Access Ring Road .edmonton, Alberta
The New Panama Canal Locks Under Construction In 2014
The Vandenberg Space Shuttle Launch Complex That Never Launched A Shuttle
The extensive modifications to Space Launch Complex 6 (casually know as "Slick Six") at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California were largely complete. As seen in the photo, a dummy External Tank, dummy Solid Rocket Boosters, and the Enterprise (a not spaceworthy vehicle used for landing tests) were assembled at the complex for fit tests.
Shuttle landings would have also occurred at the site, so a strip at the base had been extended from 5,500 feet (1,700 m) to 3 miles (4.8 km) in length.
A Shuttle launch from the site, commanded by veteran astronaut (and exceptionally brave guy) Robert Crippen, was scheduled for October 15, 1986.
Then, tragically, on January 28, 1986, Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff. What followed was a 32 month shutdown the Space Shuttle program. Shuttle launches from Vandenburg were to have been primarily Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office missions and during the downtime they ultimately decided to shift payloads intended for launch by the Shuttle at Vandenburg to expendable rockets, with occasional Shuttles launched from Kennedy Space Center.
After transferring many of the assets of the complex to other locations (KSC, in particular), SLC 6 was formally mothballed on September 20, 1989.
But it wasn't over for the complex. It was retrofitted and reactivated in 1994, first hosting launches of Athena rockets, then Delta IV Mediums and Heavies.
The High Street Cap In Columbus, Oh, A Cost-Efficient Way To Mitigate The Damage Caused To American Neighborhoods By Freeway Construction Of The 1960s. Holds 3 Lanes Of Traffic As Well As Two Commercial Buildings. The Surrounding Area’s Seen Significant Development Since The Bridge Was Built
Future Station Amsterdam South
Given the previous posts of Dutch engineering marvels, this seems pretty ordinary.
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson's Planetrain Is The Most Used Airport People Mover In The World
Bundles Of Infrastructure Near The Port Of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A Shout Out To Savannah, Home Of The Port Of Savannah, The Largest Container Terminal In North America
A Coal Train Swings Through The Curves At Sully Springs, North Dakota
Newly Constructed Tunnel For Mumbai Metro
Looks like a recipe for disaster- no access anywhere for emergencies.
Paris Train Corridor
Bharati Research Station Of India
Do Nuclear Power Plants Count As Infrastructure? If So, Then Here's The Bruce Nuclear Power Plant In Canada, Also The 13th Most Powerful Nuclear Power Plant In The World, That Generates Around 9% Of Canadian Energy By Itself
Union Station, Denver, Colorado
Highway Under Construction, Iran
Terminal At Berlin's New Brandenburg Airport, Due To Open On October 31 After 9 Years Of Delays And Billions Of Euros Of Cost Overruns Have Become A Major Scandal And Embarrassment To The City
Three Gorges Dam In China. Largest In The World
Bridge.
The Willy Brandt Airport Of Berlin Is Finally Open After A Delay Of Almost 9 Years And Have Over €4 Billion Of Extra Spending
I think I'd like to move to the Netherlands, they seem so innovative but include nature in a lot of their construction. I am really amazed by it all!
Came here to say that! I just love how they think.
Load More Replies...So many beautiful examples of architecture around the globe! There's also this one, from my hometown near São Paulo, in Brazil. It's called Arco da Inovação (Innovation Archway) and it's the only arched and curved suspension bridge in the country. You can see more about it here: https://estudio.folha.uol.com.br/arcodainovacao/2020/04/1988696-desafio-de-engenharia-e-novo-cartao-postal.shtml 1588014079...6d30b4.jpg
Northern European countries - ahead of the curve. BUT kudos to examples of superb design in other countries too
The pouring of the foundation of the Space Needle in Seattle, Wa circa 1962. Notice how many cement trucks are there. Space-Need...b5a245.jpg
I have recurring nightmares about being forced to drive over unreasonably terrifying bridges. Thank you BP for providing some more nightmare selection. I have to go vomit now.
Jakarta's clover bridge is something too! https://images.app.goo.gl/FD2MNbuVUYD3S5jKA
The railway station of Luik/Liege in Belgium is also worth mentioning. Maybe not particularly for its engineering, but definitely for its architecture.https://upload.wikim...18_11-36-01.jpg
I enjoyed all of these but I've come to the conclusion that most bridge designers would really rather be building roller coasters.
It's not such a grand architectural wonder like so many are here, but I feel I should give a shout-out to Greenville, SC. The city was built where it was to capture the energy of the Reedy River. The downtown now, however, is built around the Falls of the Reedy, where there is a pedestrian/bicycle viaduct that is a curving suspension bridge over the ravine below the falls, which have now been returned to their natural form. A beautiful urban park, relying on smaller scale versions of engineering masterworks.
I live in the Caribbean...basically no amazing infrastructure. I always question my life when I see these posts...I'm missing so much.
Do you mean big? Size doesn't make a better or worse engineering or architecture. It's a matter of thinking in a lot of complex things, including natural impact, for example.
Load More Replies...All the examples of infrastructural works in the USA are from long ago; no single big recent project. That marks that the country is coming more and more behind other countries.
Being from long ago, they do have extra value, just saying.
Load More Replies...I think I'd like to move to the Netherlands, they seem so innovative but include nature in a lot of their construction. I am really amazed by it all!
Came here to say that! I just love how they think.
Load More Replies...So many beautiful examples of architecture around the globe! There's also this one, from my hometown near São Paulo, in Brazil. It's called Arco da Inovação (Innovation Archway) and it's the only arched and curved suspension bridge in the country. You can see more about it here: https://estudio.folha.uol.com.br/arcodainovacao/2020/04/1988696-desafio-de-engenharia-e-novo-cartao-postal.shtml 1588014079...6d30b4.jpg
Northern European countries - ahead of the curve. BUT kudos to examples of superb design in other countries too
The pouring of the foundation of the Space Needle in Seattle, Wa circa 1962. Notice how many cement trucks are there. Space-Need...b5a245.jpg
I have recurring nightmares about being forced to drive over unreasonably terrifying bridges. Thank you BP for providing some more nightmare selection. I have to go vomit now.
Jakarta's clover bridge is something too! https://images.app.goo.gl/FD2MNbuVUYD3S5jKA
The railway station of Luik/Liege in Belgium is also worth mentioning. Maybe not particularly for its engineering, but definitely for its architecture.https://upload.wikim...18_11-36-01.jpg
I enjoyed all of these but I've come to the conclusion that most bridge designers would really rather be building roller coasters.
It's not such a grand architectural wonder like so many are here, but I feel I should give a shout-out to Greenville, SC. The city was built where it was to capture the energy of the Reedy River. The downtown now, however, is built around the Falls of the Reedy, where there is a pedestrian/bicycle viaduct that is a curving suspension bridge over the ravine below the falls, which have now been returned to their natural form. A beautiful urban park, relying on smaller scale versions of engineering masterworks.
I live in the Caribbean...basically no amazing infrastructure. I always question my life when I see these posts...I'm missing so much.
Do you mean big? Size doesn't make a better or worse engineering or architecture. It's a matter of thinking in a lot of complex things, including natural impact, for example.
Load More Replies...All the examples of infrastructural works in the USA are from long ago; no single big recent project. That marks that the country is coming more and more behind other countries.
Being from long ago, they do have extra value, just saying.
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