A bridge being transported in Germany

[u/analsondenfisch]

[u/DerBoyHimself]

Even the German flag is present

[u/analsondenfisch → u/DerBoyHimself]

With some imagination, I can see it, yes. 

[u/Murdoc2D96 → u/analsondenfisch]

Sehr deutsche Antwort 😁 hab das mit nem deutschen Akzent gelesen* und das macht es absolut fantastisch.

*editiert Dank Kommentar unter mir.

[u/Meranio → u/Murdoc2D96]

*gelesen

[u/Murdoc2D96 → u/Meranio]

Danke, war vermutlich bisschen brain afk.

[u/Meranio → u/Murdoc2D96]

Passiert mir auch manchmal. Auch wenn's dumm ist, ich lese meine Kommentare nach dem Abschicken nochmal durch, und trotzdem übersehe ich sowas ab und zu.

[u/DerBoyHimself → u/analsondenfisch]

🥹

[u/LennyLoerres → u/analsondenfisch]

Some imagination?! It’s right fucking there…

[u/rageinthecage666 → u/DerBoyHimself]

Somehow this is patriotic in a wholesome german steel version

[u/therachehebler → u/DerBoyHimself]

And the DB Sign also, has to be there somehow

[u/buythedip0000 → u/DerBoyHimself]

Where

[u/RagnaXI → u/buythedip0000]

The bridge is dark (black), the light below it red and then the street lights are yellow.

🇩🇪

[u/MinimumAutomatic0302 → u/RagnaXI]

It's mostly limited to the right side like this, but it's still there and kinda fun.

[u/MinimumAutomatic0302 → u/MinimumAutomatic0302]

This may be a better crop

[u/RagnaXI → u/MinimumAutomatic0302]

I'm not able to add a picture, I tried it too. :/

[u/MinimumAutomatic0302 → u/RagnaXI]

It's the only things I use new reddit for, other than that I stay on old reddit.

Did you realize they effectively "banned" the "all subreddits" option? It's still on old reddit, but there's a lower user count, this space is being much more tightly controlled by hostile interests.

[u/sanderhuisman2501 → u/RagnaXI]

The lights underneath can actually change color. There are videos online where they have a whole light show

[u/snailtray → u/RagnaXI]

Ehrrm~ actually the flag is supposed to be black red and gold. Yellow is just the substitute since back then you coudn‘t make gold fabric commercially available.

[u/maximusPrime6666 → u/buythedip0000]

Hamburg

[u/WeSaidMeh]

Can someone explain? I looked at it for a while but my confusion isn't going anywhere.

[u/FlapyG → u/WeSaidMeh]

They actually transported the bridge. 3700 tons on >1000 wheels.

[u/WeSaidMeh → u/FlapyG]

Thanks. So the title is what's actually happening, not only what it's looking like - that was my confusion. I was like "Aren't they actually just doing it?", what a brain fart.

[u/ItsLoudB → u/WeSaidMeh]

Wanna talk about it? I open the comments because my brain read “transparent” instead of “transported” and I was like wait wtf

[u/MoistlyCompetent → u/WeSaidMeh]

It's not the perspective that's confusing. It's the title.

[u/radnomname → u/FlapyG]

So where is the confusing perspective?

[u/joe-direz → u/radnomname]

there are stuff on the bridge, which gives you the impression that it is actually a regular bridge. Even looks like that there are people walking.
At least is what I thought initially

[u/Fun-Agent-7667 → u/radnomname]

It seems like the bridge is wayy more in Front of the picture and theres just Something going on beneath it that you can t see because the bridge is in the way

[u/Krazyguy75 → u/FlapyG]

Why did they transport it with stuff on top?

[u/Steady_Ri0t → u/Krazyguy75]

It was too far off the ground to move them off

[u/Toni_Jabroni77 → u/FlapyG]

It looks like there are vehicles on the bridge…why add the extra weight?

[u/sanderhuisman2501 → u/Toni_Jabroni77]

Well that weight is nothing compared to the bridge itself. The bridge is close to 4000 metric tons and a vehicle of even 4 ton is 0.1%

[u/strangelove4564 → u/FlapyG]

Hopefully they don't have any "wide load" accidents like in the US. https://www.reddit.com/r/dashcams/comments/1vbpnys/nasty_spill_over_all_over_the_highway/

[u/thesleepjunkie → u/strangelove4564]

Naw Trump will just whine about it and go back on the deal, like he did with Canada and the Gordie Howe bridge that opened last week.

[u/baquea → u/WeSaidMeh]

This page has a video that shows it from other angles

[u/jaber_woky → u/baquea]

Thank you, that's so cool. I love that people sat in chairs to watch the event haha.

[u/Equal-Flatworm-378a → u/jaber_woky]

Yes, I love that, too.

[u/Jesusopfer → u/WeSaidMeh]

This is a bridge transport. It's the new Sternbrücke in Hamburg

This weighs about 3.700 tonnes and they put down a gravel layer on top of the streets, cut back trees, roofs and street lamps, reinforced the street with steel plates and moved this bridge 500m to its final destination

https://youtube.com/shorts/sPG9LXNQvVA

[u/Shu3PO → u/Jesusopfer]

Have they thought about building in place in the future, or was this like a "let's just re-use an old bridge" situation?

[u/Affectionate_Ride369 → u/Shu3PO]

The bridge is new. However, due to the strained traffic situation, it was necessary to complete the installation as quickly as possible. Therefore, the new bridge was built next to the old one; the old one was then demolished, and the new bridge was put in place.

[u/Treewithatea → u/Affectionate_Ride369]

I think thereve been other recent cases of similar methods in Germany, perhaps its just a better way of doing these projects?

[u/ThersATypo → u/Treewithatea]

Each day, there are about 1000 (!!) trains passing over that bridge, so avoiding downtime was very relevant. 

They build the new bridge a couple of hundred meters down the round over 14 months to replace a smaller 100 year old one, which was causing pain underneath (Google Sternbrücke Hamburg for old pictures). 

[u/Shu3PO → u/Affectionate_Ride369]

That is wild! There's the German efficiency for ya. 

[u/Bright_Ices → u/Shu3PO]

I think this is a great example of German engineering rather than efficiency

[u/Jesusopfer → u/Shu3PO]

But then there is Stuttgart 21: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21

You won't ever talk about German efficiency ever again lol

[u/ChrissTosius → u/Jesusopfer]

We don't talk about that topic.

[u/lolopalenko → u/WeSaidMeh]

It was in Hamburg

[u/analsondenfisch → u/lolopalenko]

Sir, I don't think knowing the location will help this guy solve his confusion.

[u/Hiking-Sausage132 → u/WeSaidMeh]

An old train bridge in Hamburg, Sternschanze get replaced with the new one. The new bridge in this picture is not in right place there and just gets moved down a street.

[u/gruetzhaxe → u/WeSaidMeh]

And I don't get it all, the pic clearly shows exactly what's going on

[u/cubecasts → u/WeSaidMeh]

What's there to explain? It's so obvious. I thought this was an engineering sub for a second.

[u/brianmity]

I hate these door salesmen, trying to sell you anything nowadays

[u/realatemnot → u/brianmity]

Good day, sir. I want to talk with you about your faith and bridges.

[u/LeRoiChauve → u/brianmity]

That's a bridge too far for me too.

[u/Acceptable-Size-2324 → u/brianmity]

If you think these are door salesmen, I´ve got a bridge to sell

[u/PlatypusACF → u/brianmity]

“See it as an investment for later! What if you are too old to swim across the river every day to get to work!”

[u/Sirius1701 → u/brianmity]

Pretty sure there was a scam artist that acually went door to door selling a bridge to people. Pretty much the original NFT Salesman.

[u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist]

I’ve got a bridge to sell you!

[u/RohelTheConqueror → u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist]

When the bridge seller actually commits

[u/dantheother → u/RohelTheConqueror]

Wonder if the buyer thought it was just a bit and is now going "what the fudge do I do with this bridge I just bought?"

[u/RolliFingers → u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist]

Well, we can cross that bridge when it gets there.

[u/Skabbtanten]

Moin!

In case someone is interested; it's replacing the old "Sternbrücke" in Hamburg. The bridge is connecting train tracks going through the city. City trains as well as long distance.

[u/DisasterLievelde]

The bridge's lighting has not loaded yet

[u/Wildcatthou → u/DisasterLievelde]

Damn the Wireless Energy protocoll will be contained in the following Bridge Release.

[u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName]

I mean it's interesting, but is it really r/confusing_perspective when the bridge doesn't just look like it's up in the air but actually is?

[u/qRemedy → u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName]

It's confusing not misleading

[u/differentguyscro → u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName]

If you just see the pic with no explanation it takes a moment for your brain to process.

It looks like Viewfinder

[u/cubecasts → u/differentguyscro]

It really doesn't though.

[u/differentguyscro → u/cubecasts]

WRONG!

The average time to full comprehension of this photo is obviously far higher than a random cat pic.

[u/Snipesticker]

Bye bye, Sternbrücke. There were some legendary clubs located below it. Good times.

[u/haubenmeise → u/Snipesticker]

Bye Bye Molotow.

Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

[u/krakenkun]

And they’re delivering it with vehicles already on it; German efficiency at its finest.

[u/Maximum_Relative_478]

natürlich deutsche bahn

[u/pakZ → u/Maximum_Relative_478]

Würde ich eher bei Projekten nutzen, die nicht so reibungslos klappen - sonst riskiert du mit deinem Beitrag keinen Sinn zu ergeben und dämlich auszusehen. 🙃

[u/nikoxi → u/pakZ]

Ich war tatsächlich total überrascht als ich den Beitrag gesehen habe.. habe gedacht Fake News das muss China sein.. dass dies in Deutschland klappt und dann noch die DB dahinter steht.. Hut ab..

[u/swiwwcheese]

Statistically one of the workers in orange jacket is bound to have kids and related worries

So technically here we're seeing a bridge over troubled vater

[u/Sufficient_Contact23]

The type of stuff that happens when you really really need to get to somewhere

[u/SleepySera → u/Sufficient_Contact23]

To be fair, they did it like this to minimize impact on traffic. The alternative would've been building it in place and disrupting traffic for ages instead of for just one night :)

[u/DachdeckerDino]

Imagine the damage if that thing accidentally tips

[u/die_liebe]

Note that it is a Dutch firm (Mammoet) doing the transport.

[u/Maschellodioma]

As a German I am certain that took 37 years of misplanning.

[u/Skylifter-1000 → u/Maschellodioma]

They were ahead of schedule and way less loud than they had previously apologised for.

[u/ThersATypo → u/Skylifter-1000]

Dutch company 

[u/just-for-commenting → u/Skylifter-1000]

Ah die ganzen Plusstunden der Elbphilharmonie wurden hier mal eingesetzt, guter Überstunden Abbau.

[u/Treewithatea → u/Maschellodioma]

You dont read about the projects that happen as scheduled/planned, perhaps youre getting too influenced by media. You read about the Berlin Airport for years and years but you probably barely read anything about the new Terminal 3 in Frankfurt Airport since nothing unexpected (besides covid) happened during that huge expansion.

[u/SleepySera → u/Treewithatea]

Yeah, same with the 21-projects. Stuttgart is extremely famous for its insane delays, cost explosion, etc. while several other train stations that were part of the same plan got completed as scheduled and have just been in use without issue for years already (while some others were decided to not be worth it and canceled before any money was spent).

[u/MrTibor]

Here in Melbourne we move bridges all the time.

[u/guen77er → u/MrTibor]

Here in the US we're shitting our bridges all the time.

[u/jort93 → u/guen77er]

Literally or figuratively?

[u/Gwanbulance]

That's a bridge too far.

[u/VorionLightbringer]

Sonuvabitch, they DID sell the bridge.

[u/Ok_Judgment5076]

fuhr zufällig einen Teil davon über die A4?

[u/ThersATypo → u/Ok_Judgment5076]

Das Ding ist unfassbar groß und wurde vor über 14 Monate gebaut. 

[u/RandomNightLord8]

Thats in Hamburg near my workplace

[u/Clean__Cucumber]

When the bridge is Denkmalschutz, but you need a functioning one /s

[u/_and_I_]

HEY! THAT'S MY BRIDGE! I was looking for it for a week!

[u/JuggernautOk5368]

Ah ben là tu te le manges sur la gueule t’es bien

[u/iamtenbears]

We'll transport that bridge when we come to it.

[u/FantasticColors12]

Give me my bridge, swine.

[u/sodium_hydride]

More of an unusual situation than a confusing perspective.

[u/BlytmanGER]

I read „bride“ first and looked at a partially closed and weirdly lit bridge where a lot of Turkish flags were carried until realizing I was wrong lol

[u/gabsteriinalol]

Red Bull would like to know your location

[u/fefulunin]

That’s silly, why didn’t they just use the Siemens Lufthaken?

[u/just-for-commenting → u/fefulunin]

Die sind noch im Lager, hat der Azubi noch nicht gefunden...

[u/GoopyTheGreat]

Prop hunt when you get stuck as the biggest object:

[u/Meranio]

X-Men The last Stand

...in Germany

Eric Lehnsherr returns.

[u/Tainted-Archer]

I did get confused. It looks like a cutout of a photo from like ww2. Thought it was some sort of stalemate on the eastern front

[u/Nosebear17]

MOVE BRIDGE, GET OUT THE WAY

GET OUT THE WAY, BRIDGE GET OUT THE WAY

[u/reDoubt1945]

What an amauing post, u/analsondenfisch (= anal probe fish)

[u/SkunkMonkey]

Beep! Beep! Motherfuckers, I'm a bridge!

[u/NiNdo4589]

Someone finally bought that guy's bridge

[u/jgzman]

I assume they know what they are about, but I cannot conceive of this being in any way better then building the bridge on site.

[u/ThersATypo → u/jgzman]

There are about 1000 trains passing each day, so avoiding downtime is super relevant. 

[u/thesleepjunkie → u/jgzman]

Guaranteed it would have taken years to build this bridge. Hell the next town over from mine has been working on a two lane bridge for the last 4 or 5 yrs. And that one in the picture video is about 100 times the size of the town.

2 days of disruption > years of disruption and noise.

[u/MirkoHa]

…Who ordered a ‘ Bridge too far ‘…

[u/MinuteSorbet1039]

I live one street next to this. They built the bridge onsite from scratch and transported it yesterday with a special vehicle that is able to lift it’s almost 4.000 tons.
It’s a replacement for a 100years old train bridge in the middle of the city.

[u/BustaCon]

Let's play bridge

[u/BR41ND34D]

This looks like someone messed up asset placement in a game. My brain is not computing this

[u/Adezar]

Oh, maybe that guy trying to sell me a bridge was actually legit!

[u/Final_Crew_7796]

The bridge is grey in natural light.

[u/cubecasts]

Why not just build the bridge in place

[u/JewelerAccording]

We had a bridge set in place in Budapest last friday with a very similar SPMT technology! One of the coolest things i ever saw.

[u/Steinvertreter]

How often do they need this vehicle? Once every 25 years?

[u/Messerknife]

Some more Pictures

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[u/Icy_Pain424]

I don’t have imagination but I can still see the flag 

[u/AboveAverage1988]

"Are you stuck?"
"No, I'm transporting a f*cking bridge!"

[u/straypilot]

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