This bridge connecting Vladivostok and Russky Island is going to be record-breaking. It’s going to have to tallest bridge tower (320 meters) and the longest bracing wires (580 meters). Ships of all kinds will be able to go under it.
A view from the bridge.
They’re building one more bridge between Vladivostok and Russky Island to connect two parts of the city. The roadbed is situated at a hight of 65 meters above sea level which will also allow ships to go under it.
On Russky Island they’re also building Far Eastern Federal University for 50 thousand students. In 2012 it’s going to host Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
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Imagine a band performing on top of that super pinnacle!
russkiyislandbridgephotos-44.jpg – Don’t tell me the cables are only that thick? Spooooky!
Record-breaking ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct
For russians every meter is record, they don’t know another language, so they don’t read Vikipedia and another sources of information…It’s so convinient- be the first everywhere!
Check this out. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki
NOT a source of reliable information
Just beautiful
What happened to the good old ferries? Building a whole new fleet should cost much less than this!
And a university for 50,000 students? In the far east? Questionable.
Take a look at the satellite images of the area, there’s a massive amount of construction going on there right now.
As for the ferries, you get exponentially more bang for your buck if you can build a bridge. Ferries are expensive, slow, they don’t hold much, there’s really no comparison.
Oh and 50,000 people is about 2.5 percent of the regional population.
Yeah, mister know-it-all, I’ve been to Vladivostok. I’ve been to many universities there. It is easy to describe their state, atleast in numbers of students. Under-populated.
Some 6 billion USD was allocated for all this, in preparation for the APEC summit. A simple bridge would do nicely. But for the purpose of impressing the foreign dignitaries, the bridge cost has increased so many times.
I’m not talking about the high-speed tri-cat ferries. At that distance thats way too high-end. The nice, good, flat ferries are much better. And cheaper.
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I am very impressed with the scale of both the bridge and the university. Thanks for this set of pics