Extreme Engineering
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 15:49
in Physics & Chemistry
Extra Credit: University of British Columbia engineering students (note the hand-painted “E” for “engineers”) managed to hang this car from this Vancouver bridge and get away with it. The Lions Gate Bridge carries some 70,000 cars almost a mile across the entrance to Vancouver’s harbor every day. In a city polishing itself up for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the bridge is prime postcard fodder. read more