Here are some notable ones in Europe.

Canal Bridge Magdeburg, Germany
918m long, half a billion euro's... built in 2003
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/EE/images/uploads/elbe.jpg
http://www.dw-world.de/image/0,,985755_4,00.jpg
http://www.oldradioworld.de/locks/bridge04.jpg
http://www.oldradioworld.de/locks/bridge01.jpg

Here's a similar idea in the U.K. However, it also has a lift at the other end to drop or raise the boats to the next level:
The Falkirk Wheel
http://www.cuibhlemor.com/wheel15.gifhttp://www.cuibhlemor.com/wheel21.gif
http://www.gentles.info/KAP/Gallery/2004/Falkirk-Wheel.jpg
http://www.barrettwells.com/images/Falkirk%20Wheel%202.jpg
http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/falkirk_wheel_ssuk_121.jpg
http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/falkirk_small_huftoncrow.jpg

Various older ones in the U.K.
http://www.mawddwy.freeserve.co.uk/northwales/a22316.jpg
http://www.shropshiretourism.info/shropshire-canals/images/shropshire_union_canal%20(2).jpg
http://www.perryweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/canal/photos/almond1.jpg
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/P08728.jpg
http://www.viking-afloat.com/images/aqueduct.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/features/2002/07/images/chirk_aqueduct_270.jpg
http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T02_Imag/02.4.8/Dscn6433.jpg
http://www.starling101.btinternet.co.uk/canals/Images/aquaduct_crossing_large.jpg
http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/education/pontcysyllte2.jpg
http://www.llangollenmuseum.org.uk/english/pictures/RoadRailCanal/Aqueduct.jpg

2003???

I didn't think they still used canals for anything but leisure anymore!

^ In Belgian there are a couple of similar ship elevators, three old small ones and a huge new one. In addition, there's also a "ship funicular", where ships are transported in some sort of huge train wagon on an incline.

http://www.fjordfaehren.de/bi/ronquieres_1.JPG

http://home.scarlet.be/~geodemey/lor-strep-lift5.jpg

http://users.telenet.be/rondvluchten/M27_bestanden/image007.jpg

If I'm not mistaken there's also such a ships elevator in Germany.

cool, keep posting!

All infrastructures in the UK are crap and covered with dust. That German bridge is so good.

More of the german bridge!

That boat lift in britan is quite awesome. Viaducts are cool.

All infrastructures in the UK are crap and covered with dust. That German bridge is so good.

:lol: This guy is so fücked up. Hey, IshikawajimaHarima, do people laugh at you in your face, or do they just snigge.r behind your back?

:lol: This guy is so fücked up. Hey, IshikawajimaHarima, do people laugh at you in your face, or do they just snigge.r behind your back?

Kneel down and beg your life while I tie your hands behind the back and piss in your asshole in the sm club.

Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow:
http://www.wannseeboot.de/images/ost03/ostseetour010.jpg
http://www.wannseeboot.de/images/ost03/ostseetour013.jpg

Schiffshebewerk Lüneburg:
http://www.cces.de/inhalt/wasserstrassen/images/schiffshebewerk_lueneburg.jpg
http://www.lueneburg.de/bilder/inhalt/mp_6817.jpg

Schiffshebewerk Arzwiler:
http://www.matuschek.net/vacation/elsass2004/pictures/images/048.jpg
http://www.matuschek.net/vacation/elsass2004/pictures/images/050.jpg


Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden:
http://www.wsd-m.wsv.de/images/Wasserstrassenkreuz_Minden.jpg
http://www.gehe-trading.de/MINDEN%20Wasserstrassenkreuz%20Schiffe.jpg

Kanalbrücke Magdeburg:
http://www.wna-magdeburg.de/images/luftkb1.JPG
http://www.wsv.de/Aktuelles/Projekte/images/verkehrsfreigabe.jpg

@Nodder, great photo's, thanks for the post.

@IshikawajimaHarima, the world simply laughs at you, surely you must be used to it by now. :lol:

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen:
http://www.gentles.info/KAP/Gallery/2004/Falkirk-Wheel.jpg

^- thats awesome. i cant believe ive never heard of this thing before.

*scratches head*

i don't get it :)

These are too awesome. I want to ride in a water elevator!

*scratches head*

i don't get it :)
The end is like a giant wheel with long buckets. The boat floats in at the top, the wheel turns 180 degrees and the boat floats out the bottom. Very cool!

2003???

I didn't think they still used canals for anything but leisure anymore!

You are wrong. It is still cheaper to transport several bulk goods by ship than by train or truck, even if it needs longer to reach the destination. The Elbe and Rhine are important waterways in Germany for example. The Rhine for example connects Europe's biggest seaport (Rotterdam) with Europe's biggest riverport (Duisburg). The Elbe connects Europe's third-biggest seaport (Hamburg) with cities like Magdeburg, Dresden and Prague (via the Vltava). And other big cities in Germany are not interlinked by natural waterways, so they need canals.

The Falkirk Wheel is just so amazing.

Håveruds akvedukt, Dalsland, Sweden (built in the 1860s). Additionally, a railway bridge and a road bridge cross the rapids at this point.

http://kanaler.arnholm.nu/bilder/dals/haverud/haverudb.jpg

http://kanaler.arnholm.nu/bilder/dals/haverud/haverud17.jpg

http://kanaler.arnholm.nu/bilder/dals/haverud/haverud18.jpg

There is a water bridge somewhere in Central Java, Indonesia....it was built by the Dutch if I am not mistaken.

Water on water? There are'nt so much in France, but I think this is the oldest one ;):

http://www.francemarket.com/region-provence/pont-du-gard/photo/img1.jpg

But are the aqueducts big enough to transport ships? I thought they were just the Roman version of a water pipe.

The "Pont Canal de Briare" over Loire river designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1890 :
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/1305.jpg

http://lesrandonneursduciel.free.fr/photos/loire/pont_canal_briare.jpg

http://www.holidayboat.net/afbeeldingen/briare%20pont%20canal%202002.jpg

http://document.linternaute.com/document/image/550/440275/canal-architecture-pont-briare-centre-.jpg

Canal du Midi over Orb near Beziers in France. Built in 1857 :
http://www.canalmidi.com/aufildlo/pontcanalorb2.jpg

http://www.canalmidi.com/aufildlo/pontcanalorb1.jpg

Canal du Midi over Garonne river near Agen in France. Built in 1839, 539m :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/618/agen.jpg

http://www.mcdaniell.com.au/2003%20Pics/Summer/Pont%20canal%20Agen.jpg

Water on water? There are'nt so much in France, but I think this is the oldest one ;):

http://www.francemarket.com/region-provence/pont-du-gard/photo/img1.jpg

There is no more water in the Pont du Gard.
Moreover, in France, there are 40 Canal Bridges, some examples :

Canal Bridge of Abbecourt sur l'Oise, built in 1890, 66m:
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/canal_de_l_oise_a_l_aisne_pont_canal_d_abbecourt_sur_l_oise__1.jpg

Canal Bridge of Buzet sur Baise, built in 1843 :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/buzetbaise02.jpg

Canal Bridge of Digoin, built in 1837, 209m :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/digoin01.jpg

Canal Bridge of Cacor near Moissac, built in 1845, 356m :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/618/cannal_cacor.jpg

...

Amazing, France may well be the leader here with the most.

Amazing, France may well be the leader here with the most.

May be but most of them were built more than 100 years ago :(

Canal Bridge of Bourg et Comin over Aisne river, built in 1890 :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/canal_de_l_oise_a_l_aisne_pont_canal_au_dessus_de_l_aisne__5.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/canal_de_l_oise_a_l_aisne_pont_canal_sur_l_aisne__3.jpg


Canal Bridge of Condes :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/599/condes_pont_canal.jpg


Canal Bridge of Guetin over Allier river, built in 1837, 343m :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/1564/leguetin-pt10a.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/1564/leguetin-pt12a.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/dde58/guetin01.jpg


Canal Bridge "de La Tranchasse" over Cher river, unused since 1955 :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/pont_canal_de_la_tranchasse/dscf0033.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/pont_canal_de_la_tranchasse/dscf0027.jpg


Canal Bridge of Oraison over Durance river :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/1/722223/fh000014.jpg
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/6721/oraison2bk.jpg


Canal Bridge of Repudre, built in 1676, 90m :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/618/repudre2.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/49/Canal_du_Midi_3a.JPG


Canal Bridge of Saint Florentin :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/904/100_0042.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/904/100_0047.jpg


Canal Bridge of Triebes, built in 1676 :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/canal_du_midi/canal_du_midi_trebes_pont_canal__3.jpg


Canal Bridge of Troussey over Moselle river, built in 1970 :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/troussey_pont_canal_sur_la_moselle_cote_aval_et_ancien_pont_canal.jpg
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/64/troussey_pont_canal_sur_la_moselle_vu_du_canal__2.jpg

Wow, this thread is so cool! We definetly don't have these in the US (at least not where I come from). I've never even seen one before. I didn't even know such things existed (not ones big enough for large-sized boats). That may make me seem really stupid, but oh well.

Some more UK aqueducts

The Barton Aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal built 1893

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

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

Dundas Aqueduct, built 1800, near Bath

http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T00_Imag/00.21.7/Ka1_75.jpg

http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/assets/aa_image/320/2/d/e/9/2de9e5064435dec833c9ab229dde367eb691540b.jpg

Avoncliff aqueduct, just down the canal from Dundas, built 1798

http://www.luphen.org.uk/images/2003/2003-10/2003-10-04-171027.jpg

http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/kacanal/html/refnos/bbe4.jpg

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in North Wales, the tallest in the UK, built 1795-1805. You can see in the second picture that the side you can walk along is fenced off but if you are on a boat, the other side is a sheer drop of 35m.

http://www.oswestry-welshborders.org.uk/moxiepix/b1_17.jpg

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

And another picture of the Falkirk wheel just because it's cool :)

http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~kf/image3/falkirk_wheel3.jpeg

http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/images/92016_diagramwheel.jpg

Some more UK aqueducts

The Barton Aqueduct over the Manchester Ship Canal built 1893

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

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

Here are two pictures of it and its sister road bridge open, one with a ship going past on the Manchester Ship canal below.

http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1798/barton_swing_aqueduct/dsc02107.jpg

http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1798/gbbarton/gb.barton_bridges.p.jpg

http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0013852

Always been totally amazed by this bridge.

Houdeng-Aimeries (approx. 45km south of Brussels, Belgium), leading to the world's largest boat lift: Strépy-Bracquegnies.


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)



And a couple of pics (unusual view angles) of the Strépy-Bracquegnies boat lift. Also with it's small waterbridge.

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre25.JPG

http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre26.JPG

New & old
http://users.pandora.be/fonty/Forum/Images/CanalduCentre28.JPG
The "small" 19th century boat lift (right) is still in use as tourist attraction

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen:
http://www.gentles.info/KAP/Gallery/2004/Falkirk-Wheel.jpg

WOW my god!!! a water elevator!!! :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

918m long, half a billion euro's... built in 2003



500M € just for a 918m long bridge?!?
That's outrageously expensive! Are you sure?

i have to say"wow!!!" wow wow

These are cool, haha :cool:

Wow, this thread is so cool! We definetly don't have these in the US (at least not where I come from). I've never even seen one before. I didn't even know such things existed (not ones big enough for large-sized boats). That may make me seem really stupid, but oh well.
my best discover here on ssc!
me too! i never seens these before , on TV,NEWspaper,magzaine. and i am very sure has none of these things. these are really unique! why i never know these magic bridges?
thanks for sharing.

sweetness

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen:
http://www.gentles.info/KAP/Gallery/2004/Falkirk-Wheel.jpg

I only live a 10 minute drive from here. I've been up it and visited the visitor centre. It really is an engineering marvel. Due to the precisely identical weight of the two arms, it only takes the power of eight toasters to turn it!

Wow, this thread is so cool! We definetly don't have these in the US (at least not where I come from). I've never even seen one before. I didn't even know such things existed (not ones big enough for large-sized boats). That may make me seem really stupid, but oh well.


There was one in Rochester on Erie canal till 50s (?).

THERE IS NO WATER BRIDGES IN AUSTRALIA

They came before the railways with the canals that became the main form of freight transport - indeed when the railways came they were built so quickly because there were already workers that did the canals (the navvies) to do the work and do it well.

Cool!!!!

Aren't most of these aquaducts though? Or are they the same?

I never heard of that before until I saw this thread. Very interesting, though!

I've been to the Falkirk Wheel and, although a magnificant structure, the visitor centre truly sucks. Even the kiddy playpark couldn't make up for that.

Hugely expensive to get up as a tourists which my parents weren't willing to cough up so I've not been up yet. :(

Very small waterbridge from 1850 in Silice (North-East Poland):

http://www.jezioro.com.pl/galeria_zdjecia/thumb/1096389294.jpg

http://www.jezioro.com.pl/galeria_zdjecia/thumb/1105623358.jpg

http://www.jezioro.com.pl/galeria_zdjecia/thumb/1105623360.jpg

It's a crossing of Elizabeth and Victoria canal - popular kayak routes of Mazuria region.

there used to be a bunch of these on the cumberland canal outside DC. Alot of em are still there, but i havent been out there to take the pics. Most of the water is gone though.

Haven't been to Europe yet, but I'll put Falkirk on the list along with Rochdale & Huddersfield.

Neat pictures. I haven't seen one in real-life yet. The British one looks really futuristic!

does Splash Mountain in every disneyland counts??? lol

I have never seen one of those, didn't even know that this exists.
Looks really cool!

Wow never knew these existed. Seems like a very european thing though as i dont see any pictures of bridges outside of Europe.

Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden:
http://www.wsd-m.wsv.de/images/Wasserstrassenkreuz_Minden.jpg

This thread are cool!!!! I cant believe with my eyes...I love this pics...

Btw...thx Justme for letting me knowing this thread...

:cheers:

interesting thread indeed!

i thought these bridges only existed in theme parks :lol:

very interesting thread, keep posting!

This is the coolest topic ever! I didn't even know that these things existed!
The Falkirk wheel is something marvelous! Worth a trip!

WOW very intersting, I knew about these things, but not as nice.

Very small waterbridge from 1850 in Silice (North-East Poland):

http://www.jezioro.com.pl/galeria_zdjecia/thumb/1096389294.jpg

It's a crossing of Elizabeth and Victoria canal - popular kayak routes of Mazuria region.

Sorry to say but it doesn't look like popular kayak route, even like it's been ever used ... particulary if i'm polish

I don't think the St. Lawrence Seaway or the Rideau Canal have any of these types.


I know Edmonton has several waterpipes that go under the river (100+ metres deep)

another one in germany: :)

http://sebid.hagga.net/gallery/mlk/mediafiles/l52.jpg

http://sebid.hagga.net/gallery/mlk/mediafiles/l51.jpg

http://sebid.hagga.net/gallery/mlk/mediafiles/l37.jpg

http://sebid.hagga.net/gallery/mlk/mediafiles/l42.jpg

Wow. Awsome thread. That wheel is crazy!! I can see in a bond movie 007 "transferring" a boat from the upper (bridge level) to the lower (underpass level) somehow. when I go to Europe ill have to check some of this stuff out.

Location:
53° 43' 28'' N
17° 54' 03'' E

Aqueduct in Fojutowo is very similar in design to ancient Roman structures. It enables the crossing of two streams: Czerska Struga (natural river) underneath and Wielki Kanał Brdy (canal) above. The structure is 75 m long, it was built between 1845-49, but it was reconstructed in 1979-81. The difference between water levels is 11 metres.

View from above:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2658/foto01px8.jpg

And some other photos:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1743/foto02ne4.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5008/foto03bn2.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2413/foto06nl9.jpg

fascinating!

Some more of the Falkirk Wheel. :D

http://www.197aerial.co.uk/falkirk_wheel_b.jpg

http://www.esemag.com/0304/0304cover.jpg

http://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/graphics/wheel.jpg

http://www.butterleyengineering.com/images/Wheel%20001b.jpg

http://www.myfourthirds.com/files/0070/Falkirk_Wheel_CloseUp.jpg

http://www.act-solscot.co.uk/Contact%20us_files/falkirk_wheel_ssuk_411.png

http://whatiscivilengineering.csce.ca/images/Structures/FalkirkWheel-9.JPG

http://www.lusas.com/case/bridge/images/falkirk_arm.gif

it is very unique.. but when they want to link two waterways, why don't they make a canal ? I thinks it is cheaper by cost unless they want to make it a tourist attraction..

it is very unique.. but when they want to link two waterways, why don't they make a canal ? I thinks it is cheaper by cost unless they want to make it a tourist attraction..

Because there is significant height difference between the 2 canals(Falkirk wheel),or they dont want them to be linked(like near Magdeburg)

it is very unique.. but when they want to link two waterways, why don't they make a canal ? I thinks it is cheaper by cost unless they want to make it a tourist attraction..

As RawLee said. Sometimes the Canal may cross a river that is not a shipping lane, so they would not want to connect them together. Water in shipping canals has to be carefully regulated.