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France 'completes' tallest bridge
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| 5/30/04
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Posted on 05/29/2004 11:32:48 PM PDT by freedom44
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posted on
05/29/2004 11:32:48 PM PDT
by
freedom44
To: freedom44
I hope it's sturdier than their airport terminals.
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posted on
05/29/2004 11:40:46 PM PDT
by
Agnes Heep
(Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
To: freedom44
The French build the tallest bridge not because they have no fear of height's, it's because of their fear of water :-)
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posted on
05/29/2004 11:43:04 PM PDT
by
MJY1288
(Our Wounded Soldiers at Walter Reed Have Yet to be Visited by John Kerry. What's he Afraid of?)
To: MJY1288
The French build the tallest bridge not because they have no fear of height's, it's because of their fear of water LOL!
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posted on
05/29/2004 11:46:09 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.)
To: Agnes Heep
Or their aircraft carriers.
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posted on
05/29/2004 11:51:10 PM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: freedom44
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posted on
05/30/2004 12:01:38 AM PDT
by
TeleStraightShooter
(Kerry{D-Hanoi} will graff post-Vietnam policy on Iraq: Exit & let the Syrian Baathists take over)
To: NRA2BFree; nuconvert; Pan_Yans Wife; AdmSmith
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posted on
05/30/2004 12:03:50 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
To: freedom44
Maybe it's for a quicker retreat for when the Nazi's invade.
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posted on
05/30/2004 12:11:22 AM PDT
by
ChiMark
To: freedom44
To: ChiMark
"Maybe it's for a quicker retreat for when the Nazi's invade. " Certain mon. This way they don't have to dismantle the Eiffel Tower to get it under the bridge.
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posted on
05/30/2004 12:19:05 AM PDT
by
bayourod
(Kerry has no track record in negotiating with foreign nations, nor does Sec of State Sharpton)
To: TeleStraightShooter; glock rocks; WestCoastGal; tubebender; NormsRevenge; Pete-R-Bilt
If I had designed that it would look like a Hot Wheels/roller coaster ride instead of the way it is, too big a missed opportunity IMO
Hey Pete, can we take the Rig on something like I'm thinking?
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posted on
05/30/2004 12:22:35 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War))
To: TeleStraightShooter
That looks like a terrorist's dream come true. LOL!
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posted on
05/30/2004 12:23:46 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.)
To: freedom44
My congratulations to Mr. Foster!
To: freedom44
Here is the Pont du Gard, another great bridge in France. The Romans built it where an aquaduct for the city of Nimes had to cross the Gard River. I think that work was started in the time of Caesar Augustus. Look at the people crossing on the first level to see how big it is. The Pont du Gard has survived floods that destroyed modern bridges over the river.
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posted on
05/30/2004 3:01:56 AM PDT
by
Spandau
To: Agnes Heep
Better not be afraid of heights before driving across that thing....
To: freedom44
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posted on
05/30/2004 4:40:53 AM PDT
by
SeeRushToldU_So
(We step on pissants in Georgia.)
To: Spandau
Wasn't that bridge used in the opening of the Muppet Show?
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posted on
05/30/2004 5:03:49 AM PDT
by
Andyman
To: freedom44
This project shows just how incredible the possibilities of the human mind are.Never mind the French bashing,(of which I have also been guilty),this bridge is an amazing feat of engineering genius.We should applaud the designers, wherever they are from.
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posted on
05/30/2004 5:15:42 AM PDT
by
LPDen
(FReep widower...has anyone seen my wife?)
To: TeleStraightShooter
![](http://www.a75.com/viaduc/images/vinat.jpg)
That's quite a bridge crossing the little creek. what was the purpose for such as monstrosity?
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posted on
05/30/2004 5:30:46 AM PDT
by
chainsaw
(http://www.hanoi-john.org.)
To: freedom44
An impressive structure, but looking at the pictures, I'm also wondering why this was better than building a road through the valley with a small bridge over the river.
Click the picture for many more pics:
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posted on
05/30/2004 6:01:29 AM PDT
by
TomB
("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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