Bridge that is alive!

[kuzkasate]

Motorists using a bridge in the southern Russian city of Volgograd were given the ride of a lifetime by a powerful gust of wind. The new river crossing started shaking violently and a massive downpour at the same time made conditions worse. Drivers say their cars were literally thrown into the air, many thinking it was an unexpected earthquake. The shaking was so severe it caused vehicles to career into the opposite lane creating chaos. Local authorities claim the shaking of the bridge was possibly caused by an earthquake. Seismologists, however, say this is highly unlikely. Meanwhile, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into the bridge's safety and construction history.

The bridge across Volga river is 1260 meters long and 32 meters wide. It was opened less than a year ago in October 2009.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQrt_w7gN4

saw this on my russian tv channel. sounds well cool! something i didnt know could happen lol

[Hitman]

That looks so fake :P

Why is the guy on the right at the beginning walking across it as if everythings fine?

[kuzkasate]

That looks so fake :P

its not lol.. its been reported on the news everywhere.

[Hitman]

its not lol.. its been reported on the news everywhere.
Just saying it looks fake, not saying it is.

[ecstasy]

that really does look fake

[kuzkasate]

Just saying it looks fake, not saying it is.


that really does look fake

yeh, i thought that too. but i can put my neck forward for it, its real!

[Jordy]

Wow, it's amazing how flexible materials can be. Reminds me of Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the US, quite a famous video which shows just how bad it can be... (This also happened within a year)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs

[AlexOC]

Wow, it's amazing how flexible materials can be. Reminds me of Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the US, quite a famous video which shows just how bad it can be... (This also happened within a year)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3mclp9QmCGs

no no no!

a man ran to the dog and got it and saved it, it didnt die :'(

[wiktoria]

Wow, that looks really fake lol

[Arron]

that is quite amazing.

[kuzkasate]

when i was watching it on the russian news, there was this video of 2 people running along it even tho it was closed (dont understand why they would of wanted to run along it anwayy..) but they could hardly walk. kept on falling over every 2 steps lol

[alexxxxx]

it's not fake - the bridge has been set into resonance and is a sign of poor engineering.

[Black_Apalachi]

I'm not denying it's real but it does look extremely fake, especially when you see the outside view of it from the side. The horizontal girders along the edge keep contracting and expanding which makes no sense. Swaying and bending is fine, but how can they effectively decrease and increase their mass so rapidly? On Jordy's video this doesn't happen - the ripple effect is all that we see, not random contractions of the horizontal beams.

[GommeInc]

no no no!

a man ran to the dog and got it and saved it, it didnt die :'(

Really? Or are you trying to cheer us up? :P