[Engineering] Bridges.

[Psionicist]

Hello Enwians! I just discovered this shiny new forum and to get the conversation going I decided to post this now.

I’ve become very interested in bridges lately, I don’t really know how it happened but now I can’t get enough of them – I have since long mastered “Pontifex”, watched every Discovery documentary about bridges there is and gone through hundreds of photos (beautiful). Designing these massive structures appears to be quite entertaining and challenging.

Do any of you actually build and/or design bridges, or know someone who do? Anyone here who share my passion? Please write. Thanks.

 

[Piratecat]

Have you seen the beautiful new bridge they just built here in Boston? It's really something.

 

[Psionicist]

Have you seen the beautiful new bridge they just built here in Boston? It's really something.

Yeah, it's beautiful. The whole Big Dig project is fascinating.

 

[Buttercup]

Then perhaps you'll enjoy this picture of Tower Bridge I took when I was in London this past October.

 

[Umbran]

Have you seen the beautiful new bridge they just built here in Boston? It's really something.

And that one is hardly unique. Cable-stayed bridges are all over Europe. For instance, this lovely one over the river Daugava, in Latvia

 

[Tsyr]

No, but I also play Pontifex (Actualy, Pontifex 2, and as soon as I upgrade my graphics card, Bridge It)... Great game. Very under rated. Definetly worth the money.

 

[MerakSpielman]

I loved Pontifex I and II. The later levels can get very very hard, which makes 'em fun.

What's "Bridge It"???

 

[Tsyr]

*rolls his eyes* No joke... There are a few levels I just can't get on Pontifex 2 even now. I eventually just used the editor to play the ones beyond them, but still.

Off hand, I know the second to last one in medium I never figured out, as well as the first one in Extra.

http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?bridgeit

Check the screenshots.

 

[MerakSpielman]

Looks good... Too bad it requires an Nvidia card. I have a Radeon.