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In the section "Engineering Feats", it is mentioned: "The piers are not buried into the seabed, but rather rest on a bed of gravel." It should I think be added that gravel is placed over a large number of 5 foot diameter steel pilings driven into the soil at the bottom of the gulf - they could not reach bedrock as it was too deep. It is the pilings that provide support to the weight of the towers. Tony ( talk) 16:28, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
I'll upload photos as soon as I can download them from my camera. David.Monniaux 22:19, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Both the the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and the Rio-Antirio bridge seem to be claiming the title of the world's longest Cable-stayed bridge - which is correct, or is this a case of two different things being talked about?
"It is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, with a length of 2252 m (2882 m including the access bridges)." - Rio-Antirio bridge
"The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is the world's longest cable-stayed concrete bridge, with a length of 29,040 feet (exactly 5.5 miles or nearly 9km)." - Sunshine Skyway Bridge
-- Zippedmartin 15:19, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Millau Viaduct 2,460 metres without access bridges, therefore is this the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world! -- 145.254.126.182 06:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Hmmm, Official Site (unlinkable: look in sub-menus: "a great dream"\"A world reference") says:
You really seem more informed, so perhaps you can you explain:
Kindly choose a,b,c or d, just for the record. Thanks. NikoSilver (T) @ (C) 22:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
(d). continuous deck = distance of expansion joints? Both bridges have two expansion joints. (see also [1] and [2]). Normally the expansion joints of the Rio-Antirio bridge should be after the cable-stayed spans = 2252 m < 2460 m(see also picture of maurer-info). However it is the longest suspended deck in the world, because there are no bearings at the piers. [3]
-- 145.254.245.86 02:09, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
A map would be handy. Me, I only had to turn and look at my wall-map of Europe. Others may not have that privilige.
An alternative is to describe it better - though hard to see how, one can't simply to "it connects that nearly disconnected bottom bit of Greece to the top bit"... Maybe explain the situation with the Peloponnese and the geography of the area (was it only connected near Corinth previously?). It would be handy to add transliterations of Greek for the placenames (my map, as many newer ones do, shows placenames in their local name - albeit in the Roman alphabet).
Zoney 15:44, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
"There is provision for the gradual expansion of the strait over the bridge's lifetime."
I am really interested in knowing what, exactly, are the provisions that allow for this gigantic bridge to grow 3cm a year.
An explanation would be great!
MaxPower 16:27, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I think a similar project is supposed to connect Sicily to mainland Italy. Who knows more about that? How similar or different is it? A "See also" link would be welcome.
Hello.
The official website (English) spells the cities Rion and Antirion (Ρίον and Αντίρριον).
A Michelin map spells them Rio and Antirio (Ρίο and Αντίρριο).
Is there a Greek in the room ready to give us the correct spelling ?
it is worth noting that the names of many Greek locations crossed over to other languages while in their katharevousa form, so it would be handy to Keep Rion - Antirion in their 'older' spelling. A better reason is that it is the spelling the bridge people themselves use, as well as the form many cities use as their latin transliteration. Until this is formally addressed by the Greek Gov't the older spelling ought to be preferred.-Cafeeine 23 Nov 2005
The ending "n" in Greek is mainly still used nowadays in certain dialects (notably Cypriot Greek and Pontic Greek). It has been deprecated since, even originally, it was nicknamed as the " euphonic n". Katharevousa and Koine Greek (not to mention ancient Greek of course) are only one aspect of the story. In Greece it doesn't make any difference if you use it or not, but using it may sound a little more official. I would say that both are valid and that the difference could be described in English as that between "do not" and "don't"; the first sounding more official, but still both correct, especially if you think we are talking about euphonics and about geographic names. Niko Silver 22:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
It's 13,50 for cars now. Is there a toll on the bridge? It'd be interesting to know, as here in Ireland, they are tolling road projects considered "big" here. But such projects are tiny compared to such endeavours as this - so I'm curious to know (are we as usual, being ripped off in the most expensive country in Europe). Zoney 11:30, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Yes, they charge € 9,70 for cars and € 1,50 for motorcycles, one - way tickets. It is slightly higher than the € 6,60 ferries were charging before the inauguration of the bridge! For frequent travellers different rates exist.
Anon user added to map title "<--!NOTE it is marked in a wrong position-FIX PLEASE!-->" Leonard G. 7 July 2005 00:51 (UTC)
To my knowledge the location is accurate considering the scale of the map. Check this (you'll need to click "A great dream" and then "connecting Europe" -the map shows bridge location). NikoSilver (T) @ (C) 13:59, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
PS.I'm gonna remove the note from the article too. (done earlier by someone else)
Where is the information on how many deaths occurred in the building of the bridge? Where is the information on cost, materials, weight, etc.? The page seems quite imcomplete and how many deaths occurred will attract traffic as I've not found that information anywhere yet. 184.7.105.97 ( talk) 07:59, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
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