Bridge Bonanza (S3-07-W)

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Bridge Bonanza
Build bridges, and lots of them!
Season 3 - Challenge #07 - Weekly (7 days)

Thanks to @philforhockey51 for the challenge idea.

 

From the beginning of time, people have looked at the river and tried to cross it. Many failed, until the invention of the Bridge. Through time some of these humble bridges have evolved to be behemoths of the city scape, or have been left alone to be forgotten in the wilderness. Let's celebrate the increased mobility that this infrastructural wonder has given us!

The world has become a Bridge Bonanza, so lets explore how bridges have given your citizens an unprecedented amount of freedom! From suspension to stone, for this challenge we're looking for your best bridges. The more the merrier, why stop at one, why not ten?

As usual, there are numerous ways to go about this. It could be a feature bridge leading into your city, a small bridge in the woods, a pedestrian bridge over a large highway, or something more obscure. It doesn't necessarily have to cross over water. You could even give a brief background in the description, explaining the history behind the bridge or bridges. Use your imagination. Again the choice is yours what image you submit and how you choose to present it.

See the Possible Ideas section below for a few examples.
 

This is a  Weekly  challenge running for 7 days.

 

Submission Requirements

1. Your image must feature one or more bridges.
    
2. You may use any city-building game -- including SimCity 4, Cities: Skylines, SimCity (2013), and CitiesXL / XXL.
    
3. Please submit only one image for this challenge.
   However, you may link a larger version of the same image in the description, or post in the comments section. Please see this post for clarification.
    
4. For the purpose of voting, please check your image has a full title & description.
    
5. To qualify for entry, please ensure your image is uploaded to the submissions category, and complies with these requirements.

 

Possible Ideas

Here are a few ideas to get you started, just giving examples of ways to go about this challenge:

Note: The following is not a complete list, or a requirement:

• Example bridge types
• A landmark bridge through, into or over your city
• A road or rail bridge
• A bridge over another transport network, or urban area
• A small rural bridge
• A bridge in the mountains
• An old, broken and forgotten bridge
• A large or small pedestrian bridge
• A single rail bridge over farmland
• Bridges through trees
• Bungee jumping bridge
• A bridge over a bridge while you bridge...

(You can combine multiple types of bridges in your image, and not just limited to this list)

 

Leaderboard Rankings  

A new leaderboard system is currently running for this season. This has been designed to incorporate all challenges, linking with each set of results.

Each place in a challenge has points on offer -- the higher you finish, the more points you gain. Then at the end of the season, prizes will be given out to the top 10 in the final standings, with the winner being crowned the Grand Champion! 

This  Weekly  challenge is eligible for the "Overall" and "Weekly & Extended" leaderboards.

 

Full details and the current standings can be viewed in the following topic:

 

The winners will be the top 3 ranked images. Reputation prizes will be awarded based on the number of entries, and the overall average rating. See this topic for more info.

For this  Weekly  challenge, rep prizes will be given for the top 3 placed entries, along with points for the "Overall" and "Weekly & Extended" leaderboards.

Good luck to all contestants! 

 

[_Michael 2,681]

I've got a city that will fit this nicely. Great challenge idea!

[Mańkowsky 170]

As a bridge engineer I'm delighted with this challenge. I'll try to take part in it 

[Cyclone Boom 17,031]

Already some very diverse and interesting bridges far, keep them coming!

[_Michael 2,681]

I've just updated my picture to a version with a little more traffic. Apart from that it's the same image.  

[_Michael 2,681]

Apologies for the doublepost, but is there a delay on voting? I was under the under the impression it was meant to open yesterday... 

[Qorten 49]

Given that voting wasn't/isn't open yet I took the opportunity to post a bridge picture half an hour ago (so a little more then a day too late). No idea if it will be accepted. Apologies if entering too late is looked down upon.

[MushyMushy 3,618]

@Qorten No, there's no issues with submitting images late (or even during voting). I've done it several times actually. I'd say, though, that if the voting is more than a day or two in, then the disadvantage of people having already voted and not coming back to vote on new images is too great to overcome.

But, seeing as voting hasn't started at all yet, you're at no disadvantage! Good luck in the competition.

[Cyclone Boom 17,031]

@Qorten

Thanks, it's now in the album!

Sorry for the delay in the voting everyone -- a bit later than planned, but it'll be up shortly.

[Hamish 1,370]

VOTING NOW OPEN!
Please cast your votes in the challenge album. 

Voting will be open for 8 days.

Voting Rules

1. Votes may be cast by rating images inside the album.
2. You may rate all images once at any rating value (1-5). All votes are anonymous.
3. We encourage you not to rate your own entry.
4. Try to vote on all other entries, as this will help ensure the results are evenly distributed.

[_Michael 2,681]

Votes cast. Better late than never.  Thanks for opening voting @Hamish!

[Hamish 1,370]

Great! 

Haha, yeah, I was busy and couldn't open the voting until now. Some great images in the album, happy voting 

Coming later today, the next weekly challenge 

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VOTING NOW CLOSED!

Thanks to all who voted.

As we're still playing catchup, the results will be posted following the Photoshop Challenge.

Stay tuned!