January 1, 2012 Sunken Bridge

Happy new years!

The bridge? It sunk.










Apparently this a mote around an earthen fortress called Fort de Roovere in the Netherlands. The water is too deep to walk thru and too shallow for a keel boat, making it hard for attackers to make it across before they'd be riddled with arrows and other unpleasant things.

To get access to the fort this bridge was recently built by Accsys Technologies out of Accoya wood.

That is super-cool. Bless the Dutch.
I assume, being a moat, the level is reasonably constant. Not much room for error though...?

har! I love it. It looks wrong on so many levels lol

DanaC;784244 wrote:

har! I love it. It looks wrong on so many levels lol

I know! When I first saw it I thought it MUST be Japanese!!

;)

Sundae;784237 wrote:

That is super-cool. Bless the Dutch.
I assume, being a moat, the level is reasonably constant. Not much room for error though...?

I'm sure there is a spillway somewhere that keeps the water level constant in case of rain.

Apparently there is a sump pump that keeps it dry when it's working.
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Red Rover, Red Rover, let Jimmy swim over!

glatt;784842 wrote:

Apparently there is a sump pump that keeps it dry when it's working.
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Isn't that Charlton Heston in the top picture there?

MWHAHAHAH!! Fail!

Definitely looks like the spillway - wasn'ting.

I marvel at the whole concept when it's dry. The buoyancy forces are crazy high! Think of the tons and tons of water displaced.

The Bridge on the River. Why?

+1 clever!

Definitely c l e v e r!

Damp Dutch ditch doesn't deter.

built by Accsys Technologies

I had just about enough of this shit. My mother's employer just renamed themselves to a self-fellating made-up techie-sounding name like this. Can we please, please go back to the trend of naming businesses after their founders?

Thank you for calling TriInoGenAccTechOmniSysDynArcNetSynVinEx Systems, how can I help you today?

Yes, like Colonel Sanders and General Motors.

But why are we posting this here?

Oh I HATE Colonel Motors.

Wait. What?

omg this clip...

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