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Post #25,982
by wharris2
1/27/02 9:03:49 PM
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New Mackinac bridge
It connects the upper and lower Michigans. It crosses five miles and is the third longest suspension bridge in the world. (The other two both opened in 1998, so it had the record for a while.)

The time I crossed it, as a rider not a driver, it sure made *me* queasy.

See [link|http://www.mackinacbridge.org/|this site] for anything you'd like to know.
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Post #25,985
by static
1/27/02 9:21:58 PM
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New Ah. Long and High.
Brisbane has a long, high bridge called the Gateway Bridge - nothing like the Mackinac, but it can still be a little scary climbing the approach as it goes up and over the mouth of the Brisbane River.

Wade.

"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
     NoCal/Napa update (Tilly visit & general gathering) - (kmself) - (31) - Jan. 25, 2002, 06:49:51 PM EST
         Nahh.. willing to retract - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 07:26:28 PM EST
             Get yer snout in the door - (boxley) - Jan. 26, 2002, 09:16:50 PM EST
         More details - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 25, 2002, 11:31:58 PM EST
         Sigh more long term - (wharris2) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:11:40 AM EST
         Bloody hell. - (pwhysall) - (23) - Jan. 26, 2002, 03:45:24 AM EST
             Send me your address, I'll mail airline ticket - (kmself) - Jan. 26, 2002, 09:50:04 AM EST
             Ahh... - (static) - (21) - Jan. 26, 2002, 11:33:55 PM EST
                 It'd be a hell of a long ride . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2002, 11:41:18 PM EST
                     Well, yeah. - (static) - Jan. 27, 2002, 12:36:41 AM EST
                 That would be a Tunnel Indeed! - (wharris2) - (3) - Jan. 27, 2002, 07:48:03 PM EST
                     Which would that be? - (static) - (2) - Jan. 27, 2002, 08:43:31 PM EST
                         Mackinac bridge - (wharris2) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2002, 09:03:49 PM EST
                             Ah. Long and High. - (static) - Jan. 27, 2002, 09:21:58 PM EST
                 'Member the Gravity Trains? - (Ashton) - (14) - Jan. 28, 2002, 04:18:26 PM EST
                     Problem is, IIRC, you'd be way down in the (molten!) mantle. -NT - (CRConrad) - (12) - Jan. 28, 2002, 05:15:17 PM EST
                         Maybe not that far down. - (Ashton) - (11) - Jan. 28, 2002, 06:45:39 PM EST
                             Matter-Antimatter Tunnel Borers - (Ric Locke) - (5) - Jan. 28, 2002, 09:46:21 PM EST
                                 If it's remotely doable, just maybe it could keep the - (Ashton) - (4) - Jan. 28, 2002, 11:20:52 PM EST
                                     That argument goes nowhere. - (Ric Locke) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2002, 07:56:27 PM EST
                                         If we will just believe in it strongly enough - - (Ashton) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2002, 02:43:02 AM EST
                                             Tinkerbell technology, eh? - (Ric Locke) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:09:17 PM EST
                                                 As to the last - - (Ashton) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:26:04 PM EST
                             Going from memory - (drewk) - (4) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:14:04 AM EST
                                 Sounds plausible - (Ric Locke) - (3) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:15:15 PM EST
                                     Sshhh you fool! - (Ashton) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:36:47 PM EST
                                         No premature warranties here - (Ric Locke) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2002, 10:24:26 PM EST
                                             *grin* - (imric) - Jan. 30, 2002, 11:37:39 PM EST
                     Hmm. Interesting idea. - (static) - Jan. 29, 2002, 06:02:39 AM EST
         You have mail - (tonytib) - (2) - Jan. 28, 2002, 12:41:04 PM EST
             I think you sent it to the old dead hotmail one - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Jan. 28, 2002, 01:16:32 PM EST
                 No, I sent mail to Karsten - (tonytib) - Jan. 28, 2002, 02:00:55 PM EST

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