EVER SEEN A RIVER OVER A RIVER?

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If you are not a Physics person, read on and learn a fact of physics.   5.39.217.77:8898; s. Y4 _3 S; O5 X; \3 ?/ \7 S  U
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Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany  What a feat! Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long. Now this is engineering!
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It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin.
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Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic,
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It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of  the water! 公仔箱論壇; F* D" Y6 o  m; ^1 o
Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded公仔箱論壇3 w; m$ S0 |9 L$ V- I
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% r% F& O) ]2 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany公仔箱論壇& N5 C" }8 }8 D* a
The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River. At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world.公仔箱論壇$ |1 Q* K2 l- [5 S
The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe Ships moving between the two had to make a 12-kilometer detour, descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo. 8 G. `  H6 p. O3 o9 ]: c  O
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Construction of the water link was started as early as in the 1930s but due to the World War 2 and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended till 1997. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003. 公仔箱論壇+ K: N$ J7 D+ ?
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