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| Tehran Bridge Draws International Acclaim |
| 2010-11-16 |
| Nice picture at link. The heavy steel structure, which is called the new symbol of Tehran because of its unique construction, was inaugurated during a ceremony on November 10, 2010. "The Javadieh Bridge is a symbol of the creativity, experience and expertise of the Iranian people and a result of their cooperation, patience and persistence," Hamshahri quoted Qalibaf as saying during the inauguration ceremony. "The project also shows the capabilities of our engineers who showed their independence in the year of 'redoubled effort and redoubled diligence' as named by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei]," he added. Qalibaf had earlier announced that the unique design of the bridge had caught the attention of many international experts and three foreign engineers had asked for the help of Iranian experts to develop a similar project in their countries. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #9 #8 Boy, that's ugly. But wouldn't it look nice with Dinner Jacket and a bunch of mullahs hanging from it? ohhh I didn't include the value of public art... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-11-16 23:42 |
| #8 Boy, that's ugly. But wouldn't it look nice with Dinner Jacket and a bunch of mullahs hanging from it? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-11-16 23:34 |
| #7 Boy, that's ugly. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-16 22:05 |
| #6 clunky - it looks like a bent-over mullah it's not elegant, the steel looks too big and boxy. The columns are way oversized using bulk concrete instead of well-designed smaller, architecturally pleasing piers. The edge treatment looks crappy. The materials are probably inferior - looks at the steel shapes. Nice quality control. other than that, it will be a nice blockage on the rail lines when the Joooos drop it /hey! you asked |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-11-16 20:17 |
| #5 Pretty bridge is pretty, don't know if it would scale tho.... frankly. |
| Posted by: Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-11-16 20:08 |
| #4 Any thoughts from Rantburg's many civil engineers? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-11-16 18:14 |
| #3 It looks like somebody getting ready to do something naughty. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-11-16 16:44 |
| #2 If you look at the left of the shown image and click on the last of the PressTV images you can see that this bridge is a composite with part of the structure being a post and beam design and part a cable stayed design. I can't understand why the cable stay design was chosen. I also don't understand why the superstructure of the cable beam is so massive. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2010-11-16 12:18 |
| #1 Nice target |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-11-16 09:26 |