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That's also a thing. But note how the main bridge piers are on giant islands much larger than the pier itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure
by bobthepanda 3y ago
That's also a thing.
But note how the main bridge piers are on giant islands much larger than the pier itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure)#/media/File:Skyway_Bridge_old_and_new.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure)#/media/Fil...
If you really want to make it unblockable you build a bridge+tunnel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%E2%80%93tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%E2%80%93tunnel
- js2 3y agoThe CBBT is downstream of the bridge which collapsed. I've driven it many times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge–Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge–Tunnel
- KWxIUElW8Xt0tD9 3y agoIt has tunnels because the Navy did not want the bay blocked if the bridge dropped into the water. Which is exactly what has happened in Baltimore.