Bridge Issue

[eternal_sky 0]

So, will all bridges be suspension bridges?

I'd love to see cable-stayed and arch bridges.

The Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge

Lupu Bridge

In my structures class, my prof. shared that cable-stayed are actually cheaper to build considering they use less steel (in terms of support cables).

Also, in the case of the suspension bridge, why is the span between towers so short?

I just feel the middle tower is unnecessary...

[TigerXtrm 0]

I agree for the last picture. But remember it's an ingame shot so it's likely the engine calculated there should be a pillar there. With some luck bridge pillar calculations will be tweaked before the release.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: eternal_sky

In my structures class,quote>

Another civil engineer, eh? I gotta watch out for you!

my prof. shared that cable-stayed are actually cheaper to build considering they use less steel (in terms of support cables).quote>

As with a lot of things, it depends. For shorter spans, yes. For longer spans, no.

Also, in the case of the suspension bridge, why is the span between towers so short?

I just feel the middle tower is unnecessary...

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That does look weird. The bridge there is rather disproportionate. Typically a suspension bridge has a span about 8 or 9 times the height of the tower above the deck. That one looks like it's only about 2 times.

[eternal_sky 0]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: eternal_sky

In my structures class,quote>

Another civil engineer, eh? I gotta watch out for you!

my prof. shared that cable-stayed are actually cheaper to build considering they use less steel (in terms of support cables).quote>

As with a lot of things, it depends. For shorter spans, yes. For longer spans, no.

Also, in the case of the suspension bridge, why is the span between towers so short?

I just feel the middle tower is unnecessary...

quote>

That does look weird. The bridge there is rather disproportionate. Typically a suspension bridge has a span about 8 or 9 times the height of the tower above the deck. That one looks like it's only about 2 times.

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Lol, future Architect .

But yea, I'm sure he meant depending on the span of the bridge.

In Building Technology, we watched the episode of Megastructures on the construction of the Oresund bridge-tunnel (which is something else I'd like to see in the game). They were considering an arch, but it ran the risk of ships hitting the low ends. And a suspension bridge would leave the train tracks bending under the weight of the train and other vehicles traveling on the bridge deck. A Cable-Stayed bridge keeps the bridge deck relatively flat w/o bending from added weight of vehicles. They also mentioned the cable stayed was cheaper to build.

Oh, and is anyone else concerned about how high/big the concrete footing is in the that last pic of the suspension bridge??

[ch0c0 13]

"Oh, and is anyone else concerned about how high/big the concrete footing is in the that last pic of the suspension bridge??"

lets just hope its a beta model.....

[eternal_sky 0]

Nice to see from the new screen shots they've fixed the problem