Have you ever seen a river on a river?

If you are not a Physics person, read till the last paragraph and learn a fact of physics.

Have you ever seen a river over a river? AMAZING.....

Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe!
Water Bridge in Germany - - What a feat! - - Six years, 500 million Euros, 918 meters long . . . now this is engineering!

This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany .

As part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin.
The photo was taken on the day of inauguration . . .

 Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal,

and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River. At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world.

The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe.

Ships moving between the two had to make a 12-kilometer detour,

descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boatlift into the Elbe,

and then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock.

Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing,

requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo.

Construction of the water link was started as early as in the 1930s but due to the World War 2

and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended until 1997.

The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003.

When you stop and think about this, this is just amazing!

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