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Circular Pedestrian Bridge in Lujiazui, China

13 points by searchableguy 6y ago

misterkrabs 6y ago
"At night the structure is illuminated to great dramatic effect." lol I knew it was going to be those dumb rainbow lights. People are putting those on everything.
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rado 6y ago
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samuli 6y ago
Here's a similar one in the Netherlands: https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2016/11/02/dutch-built-elevated-roundabout-just-bikes/ https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2016/11/02/dutch-built-el...
monocasa 6y ago
Fairly recently a 195 gigapixel photo was taken of this bridge from a nearby building. http://sh-meet.bigpixel.cn/ http://sh-meet.bigpixel.cn/
- wyxuan 6y ago
  Pops up 403 forbidden
  - monocasa 6y ago
    Still works for me, FWIW. Would give you an archive page, but it's based on dynamically loading the image as you zoom in, so a regular archive page is not really a thing AFAIK.
moltar 6y ago
It is a perfect example of an over-engineering and a hostile design. Looks impressive on a mock up and from the air. But a terrible solution for pedestrians.
- yorwba 6y ago
  What's hostile about it? You can get to the other side without ever having to wait for the cars to stop and you don't even need to walk up the stairs because there's an escalator.
  - roylez 6y ago
    I have been there several times and I hate it. Circular means more walking to get to the other side.
    - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
      My, my! Such inconvenience!
      - paledot 6y ago
        You are fortunate to consider unnecessary walking an "inconvenience" rather than an impediment. My partner, while recovering from a spinal cord injury, would regularly come home from work raging about a closed sidewalk that had required her to cross the street or a bus that missed its stop, adding an extra 2 blocks of walking (or navigating a wheelchair over ice and slush) to her commute.
        LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
        Hm. I didn't think of that. Sorry. I've just seen the escalators and thought of it as OK because of that.
    - jesseb 6y ago
      You can't cross through the round-about regardless, it wouldn't take longer than a sidewalk would.
nhance 6y ago
You know for sure there's a Strava running segment on that thing. I wonder what the longest distance (most times in a day) someone has done on that.
kubelsmieci 6y ago
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13 points by searchableguy 6y ago

"At night the structure is illuminated to great dramatic effect." lol I knew it was going to be those dumb rainbow lights. People are putting those on everything.

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rado 6y ago

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samuli 6y ago

Here's a similar one in the Netherlands: https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2016/11/02/dutch-built-elevated-roundabout-just-bikes/ https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2016/11/02/dutch-built-el...

monocasa 6y ago

Fairly recently a 195 gigapixel photo was taken of this bridge from a nearby building. http://sh-meet.bigpixel.cn/ http://sh-meet.bigpixel.cn/

wyxuan 6y ago
Pops up 403 forbidden
- monocasa 6y ago
  Still works for me, FWIW. Would give you an archive page, but it's based on dynamically loading the image as you zoom in, so a regular archive page is not really a thing AFAIK.

moltar 6y ago

It is a perfect example of an over-engineering and a hostile design. Looks impressive on a mock up and from the air. But a terrible solution for pedestrians.

yorwba 6y ago
What's hostile about it? You can get to the other side without ever having to wait for the cars to stop and you don't even need to walk up the stairs because there's an escalator.
- roylez 6y ago
  I have been there several times and I hate it. Circular means more walking to get to the other side.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
    My, my! Such inconvenience!
    - paledot 6y ago
      You are fortunate to consider unnecessary walking an "inconvenience" rather than an impediment. My partner, while recovering from a spinal cord injury, would regularly come home from work raging about a closed sidewalk that had required her to cross the street or a bus that missed its stop, adding an extra 2 blocks of walking (or navigating a wheelchair over ice and slush) to her commute.
      - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
        Hm. I didn't think of that. Sorry. I've just seen the escalators and thought of it as OK because of that.
  - jesseb 6y ago
    You can't cross through the round-about regardless, it wouldn't take longer than a sidewalk would.

nhance 6y ago

You know for sure there's a Strava running segment on that thing. I wonder what the longest distance (most times in a day) someone has done on that.

kubelsmieci 6y ago

Similar in Poland, Rzeszów https://images.app.goo.gl/2siR7sUP4qLnfyz86 https://images.app.goo.gl/2siR7sUP4qLnfyz86