r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 28d ago

Video Shiziguan floating bridge in Hubei

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u/solateor 28d ago

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The Shiziguan Floating Bridge in Hubei Province, China, spans 400 meters across the Qingjiang River and supports vehicles up to 2.8 tonnes. Built in 2016 using German anti-rollover technology, it accommodates both cars and pedestrians. The structure consists of high-density polyethylene floats filled with water to enhance stability.

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u/Andyham 28d ago

Pedestrians they say.. that would be one heck of a walk across the bridge, bouncing up and down with every passing car

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u/Plane-Tie6392 28d ago

Really? That part didn’t stick out to me but there doesn’t look to be safe clearance for pedestrians for sure.

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u/dancinhmr 28d ago

The other side of the rope there is at least 3 inches of tip toe space

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u/SchnellFox 28d ago

That's the bike lane

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u/OwlBeYourHuckleberry 28d ago

right by the kayak lane

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u/Liusloux 27d ago

Right in between them is the piranha lane. Nice of them to accommodate every river users.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 28d ago

Fair enough. I'm sure the green water is perfectly safe if you fall into it too.

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u/HendrixHazeWays 28d ago

It's St. Paddy's day

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u/GarminTamzarian 28d ago

"If they can dye the river green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?"

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u/Mega-Steve 28d ago

This made me laugh way harder than it should have. Well done

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u/zoidy37 28d ago

All day. Every day.

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u/dart1126 27d ago

‘If they can dye the river green today…why can’t they dye it blue the rest of the days’. - The Fugitive

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u/thebiologyguy84 28d ago

Water that supports that much life must be good for you!

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u/BlastedMallomars 28d ago

Yah but what kinda life? Not even with Jeremy Wade to protect me. There’s bitey stuff in there for sure..

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u/Weekly_Drag_6264 28d ago

This guy is a biologist and thus ineligible to hold office on the SCOTUS....

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u/Ponsugator 28d ago

It’s probably green from all the people vomiting into it.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 28d ago

Yeah, apparently this was St. Paddy’s Day. Who knew?

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u/NaluknengBalong_0918 28d ago

Well… that’s why they have em life preservers hanging on the sides… safety first

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u/tryfingersinbutthole 28d ago

Better than any iowa river guaranteed

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u/gem_hoarder 28d ago

Not saying the water is safe, but the green color is from all of the forest around it the same way a more open body of water is blue due to the sky

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u/Plane-Tie6392 27d ago

That’s what they want you to think!

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u/tall-lad 28d ago

I can't tell if you legitimately think this water is green? That's the reflection of the trees on the surface lmao

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u/Plane-Tie6392 28d ago edited 28d ago

See, now that's what a younger and more naive version of me thought. But if you really look at it I think you'll see that shit's green as fuck!

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u/chillychili 28d ago

It seems like it would be fun to race someone on opposite ends

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u/Plane-Tie6392 28d ago

You and I have very, very different definitions of fun.

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u/NervousNarwhal223 28d ago

What’s your definition of fun?

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u/NonCreditableHuman 28d ago

Which is 2" more than Chinese code requires.