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I was curious too and found this Reddit write-up: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6zr2d6/1981_stacy_sparks_discovered_by_chance_after/ ht
by chrisacky 6y ago
I was curious too and found this Reddit write-up:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6zr2d6/1981_stacy_sparks_discovered_by_chance_after/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6zr2d6...
Picture of the bridge. (I'm EU so couldn't view the previous link)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/5ticw5/til_a_dangerous_bulge_midspan_of_the_original_i90/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/5ticw5/til_a_dange...
- Balgair 6y agoOh now that is a very stupid design. Thanks for the picture!
- dijit 6y agoYet, it was replicated in Copenhagen (albeit for a bicycle path). https://www.archdaily.com/868904/copenhagens-latest-piece-of-cycle-infrastructure-is-a-stupid-stupid-bridge https://www.archdaily.com/868904/copenhagens-latest-piece-of...
- hebrox 6y agoI saw "The Unholy Trinity of Bridge Stupidity in Copenhagen" recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvZ68qlho4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvZ68qlho4 and was shocked that this thing actually exists.
- AgentME 6y agoHere's a picture from that thread showing how it works and what it's like when it lets boats through: https://i.imgur.com/nIeXbXt.png https://i.imgur.com/nIeXbXt.png. I skimmed a bunch of articles about the bridge to figure out how the bulge possibly worked to let boats through, and none were as useful as this diagram.
- nullsense 6y agoAh that's a gem.