Here are 2 examples of bridges can be used by ships!

The Mittellandkanal crossing the Weser near Minden/Germany:
http://www.herder1979.de/Wasserstrassenkreuz_Minden/ueberfuehr2002.jpg

Elbe-Havel-Kanal crossing the Elbe near Magdeburg/Germany:
http://www.dopero.de/Eingang/KAPer_on_Tour/Magdeburg/01.jpg

Do you know any other examples?

That looks insane!

how do they keep the bridge from leaking?

I know that there are some in England that was built back in the Industrial Revolution.

Nîmes, Southern France, Roman Aquaduct:

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7902/nimes2a1nd.jpg

There's the Falkirk Wheel boat lift in Scotland:

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/images/wheelx-450.jpg

http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/index.asp?tm=6

There's a boat lift in Belgium
don't ask me how this thing works
http://users.telenet.be/rondvluchten/M27_bestanden/image007.jpg

There are a few in Britain, but this is the most special. The only swinging aquaduct in the world. The Barton Swing Aquaduct:

Four miles west of Manchester, between Stretford and Worsley, is one of the wonders of the waterway world - the Barton Swing Aqueduct, carrying the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal.

It was opened in 1893 to replace Brindley's 1761 stone aqueduct crossing what was at that time the Mersey and Irwell Navigation.

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/ba04.jpg

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/ba02.jpg

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/ba09.jpg

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/ba07.jpg

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/manchester/msc009.jpg

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/P08919.jpg

The bridge had to swing in order to let 400 ton ships up the Manchester Ship Canal below.

There's a boat lift in Belgium
don't ask me how this thing works
http://users.telenet.be/rondvluchten/M27_bestanden/image007.jpg

We've got one of those too! ;)

http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/index.html

http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/images/home1.jpg

More pics of the Falkirk Wheel ship lift, Scotland/UK (photos taken 13 Jun 2004).

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406139819b.jpg

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406139782b.jpg

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406139827b.jpg

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406139781b.jpg

Yeah this is the best looking boat lift in the world!

Funny enough, I didn't spot your thread and a few days later came up with the same idea and started one myself.

here's the link: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=278332

Nîmes, Southern France, Roman Aquaduct:

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7902/nimes2a1nd.jpg

It's an Aqueduct, it's not for ships !!!

I Posted it on the topic "Wtarbridge-water over water"

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=278332

But ff, it's hard to imagine a ship on this construction ;)

This is the future 6th bridge of Rouen. Actually U/C I think.

http://www.seine-maritime.equipement.gouv.fr/grands_projets/6eme%20Franchissement/rouen_3b.jpg

http://www.ac-rouen.fr/pedagogie/equipes/clemi/public/mediafolies2002/providence/pont.jpg

It will be 670m long, with 60m tall supports. It will use 600tons weights to raise the ways.

http://www.seine-maritime.equipement.gouv.fr/grands_projets/6eme%20Franchissement/rouen_3012_3b.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/dd2020/waterbridge.jpg

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/waterbridge.asp

:runaway:

I dont think we have anything like that in the US but it looks cool

there is one by Chirk Castle near the England/Wales border, I walked over it on my DofE expedition

Wow, another great thread in SSC!
Unfortunately we don't have any here, in Latvia.

But we have in Belgium !! :nocrook:


In Houdeng-Aimeries (approx. 45km south of Brussels), leading to the well known Strépy-Bracquegnies boat lift.
(left on the first pic)

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre10.JPG

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre15.JPG

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre18.JPG

More pics & info on these sites:
Structurae.de (http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0001148)
Greisch.com (http://www.greisch.com/projet/pont_canal_houdeng-fr.html#)
Cedric Stewart's Website (http://www.geocities.com/cedricstewart/index_f.html?http://www.geocities.com/cedricstewart/pontcanal.html)

Cool thread!!! Would any of these bridges be able to hold an ocean liner? Is the water deep enough???

Lol, no chance!

This is the Strépy-Bracquegnies boatlift in Belgium were the Houdeng-Aimeries bridge leads to: :cheers:

http://objectif1hainaut.wallonie.be/downloads/pics/strepy.jpg

http://www.wissens-quiz.de/wissen/bildung/media/a/a9/dalsland_kanal_ha_verud_a.jpg


http://web.telia.com/~u58613875/d1103-21.jpg


http://www.clubcorvette.se/distrikt/vast/pictures/West_hostcruise_2005/bild4.jpg


http://www.boarding.no/images/archive/originals/p200606182339-58718.jpg


http://www.svic.se/ljus/bilder/haverudh.gif

Not for ships but here's a few of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales.

http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/leisure_tourism/Wrexham_Tour/Content/images/aqueduct_sml.jpg[img]

[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/fun/wallpaper/pages/images/pont-aqueduct2_800.jpg

http://laps.fri.uni-lj.si/~duke/HPpictures/aqueduct.jpg

Are there any boat bridges across highways? It would be pretty cool, cars going under and boats going over, opposite of usual.

What is the world's longest bridge for ships and where it is located?

Are there any boat bridges across highways? It would be pretty cool, cars going under and boats going over, opposite of usual.

i'm not sure if that would be smart to build at all...
it is easier to let river pass its normal flow and build a highway bridge above... it's a common sense man :)

In the Netherlands we have several navigable aqueducts. Because of the lack of heights in the Netherlands far from spectacular.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Gouwe_aquaduct1.jpg/794px-Gouwe_aquaduct1.jpg

Are there any auqeducts navigable for container ships or tankers?

The Strépy-Thieu boat lift and it's aquaduct are navigatable by class IV ships, so up to 1350 tons. I doubt there'll be many container ships or tankers there though. Most ships passing through are for inland shipping I guess.

Greetings,
Glodenox

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620546

A thread about the boat lifts in Belgium.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=611845

A thread about the boat lifts in Belgium and Scotland.

Jesus Christ, these are some of the most weird structures ever. They look Photoshopped the lot of them, lol.

But very cool and something I hadn't imagined at all!

i'm not sure if that would be smart to build at all...
it is easier to let river pass its normal flow and build a highway bridge above... it's a common sense man :)

Not a good theory. If the canal is at the high level and the road is in the valley, then obviously the canal would be bridged over the valley and the road can go under.

But we have in Belgium !! :nocrook:


In Houdeng-Aimeries (approx. 45km south of Brussels), leading to the well known Strépy-Bracquegnies boat lift.
(left on the first pic)

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre10.JPG

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre15.JPG

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre18.JPG

More pics & info on these sites:
Structurae.de (http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0001148)
Greisch.com (http://www.greisch.com/projet/pont_canal_houdeng-fr.html#)
Cedric Stewart's Website (http://www.geocities.com/cedricstewart/index_f.html?http://www.geocities.com/cedricstewart/pontcanal.html)

...looks like this is over a highway to me!!!

Pont canal de Digoin crossing the Loire in Saone-et-Loire departement, France:
243 m long
built in 1838
http://projetbabel.org/fluvial/images_rica/rica-loire-lat-canal-digoin-pc-aer-3.jpg
http://www.vite-en-bourgogne.com/IMG/arton166.jpg
http://www.ane-et-rando.com/actumois/fevrier08/imcharolcanal/pont_canal-615x461.jpg

Are there any road-canal or rail-canal bridges?