Tuesday, September 1, 2009

That's my World. CDP Theme - Big.

The Bandra-Worli sealink is India's first eight-lane (currently only 4 lanes are in service) freeway over the open sea and is hailed as a modern Indian engineering marvel. Few statistics about the bridge are: The bridge weighs 670,000 tons, which is equivalent to 50000 African elephants, the length of the bridge is 4.77 km, the height of the cable-stayed tower is 126m(equal to a 43-storey tower), and the length of steel wires used in the project is equivalent to the circumference of the Earth(each cable can take a weight of 900 tons). It was built by a team comprising of engineers from India as well as other countries including Britain, Canada, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Serbia, Singapore and Switzerland. The bridge is a first ever open Sea Bridge in Mumbai.

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30 comments:

  1. Now that is big. Great panoramic shot.

    Have a great week.

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  2. Incredible! Fantastic shot! That's is one big bridge indeed!!!

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  3. That is quite a bridge! And a great photo! Nice work!

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  4. I want to ride a bike across!! Wow..
    TOP NOTCH WORK!!

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  5. Impressive statistics!
    I hope the other lanes open soon.

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  6. That is huge. You must have been very far away.

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  7. What an amazing feat of engineering!

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  8. That is one monster of a bridge. It goes on foooorever.

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  9. Fantastic details. I would love to zoom through this bridge.

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  10. Great shot! One cannot comprehend the sheer brilliance behind this architecture!

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  11. wow... wow... such a brilliant shot of the beautiful fly over... amazing architecture!!

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  12. superbe photo panoramique de cet immense pont. magnifique photo.

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  13. How absolutely incredible. Perfect for today's theme - sure is BIG.

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  14. Now taht is what I call a big bridge and of course gorgeous to me.

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  15. It's really impressive bridge - I love it!

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  16. So it's completed now? I know you were following the final stages of construction late last year (or early this year?) but I didn't realize it was already in service. Id' checked out the Google Earth shots of it, but they don't have current imagery of it. Still you can tell this is SOME bridge! And some shot too. Well done!

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  17. I am always fascinated by bridges! This is a wonderful Theme Day post.

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  18. I remember seeing this on a documentary - a fascinating extension to Mumbai's growth!

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  19. Very big! That is a huge construction!

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  20. this is big. great perspective as the photo really shows how large it is. good interpretation

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  21. Impressive bridge! Must be a little scary to cross!

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  22. Awesome bridge, how long did it take to build? LOVE the shot.. where were you standing when you took it?

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  23. Beautiful panoramic picture!
    Cool post
    Léia

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  24. Suits the theme perfectly!
    A gigantic bridge!

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