Amazing engineering: China rotated a 17,000-ton bridge into place after its construction China have astonished the world with another engineering masterpiece. They built a section of a gigantic overpass and slowly rotated it into place once it was completed. This is the first time this technique was used in Asia and the second worldwide. The idea was used back in 1968 to construct the Kingsgate Bridge, across the River Wear in Durham, when they built the two halves of the bridge on the river’s bank then swung them 90 degrees into place. Engineers took 90 minutes to swivel the structure into place and experts say that it should be open to traffic in just a month!
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:10:23 +0000
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