Concrete bridge sits on wooden pillars for 80 years
The bridge was built by the Japanese before WWII.
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judging by the music someone is clearly in love with this bridge and hopes to have sex with it
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bymidbc (26.26) midbc View Channel Send Message
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@midbc hahahaahhahaahahahahahaahahaah sweet sweet love
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMatthewRyan (139.10) 
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@midbc Or the bridge died?
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bycrik (42.10) 
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@midbc hahahahahahah
Posted Dec-10-2012 Byslavetosociety (37.58) slavetosociety View Channel Send Message
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@midbc LMAO I'm a tear that bridge up!
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bydishan_sk (35.06) 
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@midbc i am trying to fight back the urge to poke it
Posted Dec-10-2012 Byvinis (0.50) 
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They don't make wood like they used to.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bypvtmcnab (7.50) 
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@pvtmcnab
classic
Posted Dec-9-2012 Byimlegit (110.10) 
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You mean out of sticks or old bridges?
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bycwleveck (84.40) 
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It wasn't built on pillars. The foundation has washed away over the years.
Posted Dec-9-2012 By_Joubert_ (322.88) _Joubert_ View Channel Send Message
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@_Joubert_ The thing is it hasn't collapsed yet even though it's standing on thoose wooden pillars now.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByEtheross (44.00) 
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@_Joubert_
Correct. But the piles exposed, as they are, will rot. Such piles must be kept saturated - within the water table.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByJiggleMeJunk (56.10) 
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@_Joubert_ yup, those are the pillar's they drive in to shitty aggregate to give the base stability from shifting. engineers didnt take erosion into account. those probably go down 20 + ft.
Posted Dec-9-2012 BypitbullLOVER (93.20) 
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@_Joubert_ Falling sea levels.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByIncredulous (586.84) Incredulous View Channel Send Message
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@JiggleMeJunk
He is not correct. The bridge was clearly built on pillars.whether or not or why they are exposed is irrelevant.
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bythe wedge (380.40) 
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@johnnyjihad LOL!
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bymrbill321 (13.02) 
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Looks stable, but. You go first.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByAntioch (51.54) 
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What the hell is with that music! It's a fookin bridge, not a spastic with cancer who's lost her cat.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByFinalreminder (199.32) 
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@Finalreminder lmfao your avatar
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMasacruAlex (253.70) MasacruAlex View Channel Send Message
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Your avatar makes me wanna puke. Not bad. Keep up the good work
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByRULES44 (1766.76) 
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Feed The Children.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bykillbucket (71.40) 
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@killbucket Kill the children, save the food!
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMasacruAlex (253.70) MasacruAlex View Channel Send Message
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@RULES44 i fapped to that idea
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMasacruAlex (253.70) MasacruAlex View Channel Send Message
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The bridge did not sit on pillars for 80 years. The pillars were exposed due to erosion. I can't help but wonder if the exposed pillars are due to the recent tsunami..
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMark Burningham (128.70) 
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@Mark Burningham Thank you! The bridge looks old. I don't think the recent Tsunami that destroyed much of Japan's coast affected China. Whatever the event was, be it because of a flood or a tsunami, erosion is the reason we see the pillars.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByEddie Van Halen (94.60) 
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@Mark Burningham - Tsunami was in Japan, not in China where this video is from.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bypie4me (109.84) 
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@pie4me
So, ... the Japanese built a bridge for the Chinese??
I was assuming the OP's info was correct:
"The bridge was built by the Japanese before WWII."
Either way, ...The bridge did not sit on pillars for 80 years. The pillars were exposed due to erosion.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMark Burningham (128.70) 
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@Mark Burningham Japan invaded parts of the Chinese coast as early as 1932.They were trying to expand their empire onto the mainland.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Byrustytrombone19 (33.60) 
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I did not know the bridge stood in China. Thanx for the info.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByMark Burningham (128.70) 
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Not uncommon to use wooden pilings. Lots of buildings are on them. The ground just washed away over time here.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByZachsta (34.20) 
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@Zachsta The eastern span of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge, still among the longest bridges in the world, is concrete and steel sitting on wooden pilings. The bridge has survived dozens of earthquakes for over 80 years, and is only now being replaced. Not because the wood is rotting...but because the steel trusses in the top section are no longer safe. The wood under the waterline is still as strong as ever.
Posted Dec-10-2012 ByArthalius (15.64) Arthalius View Channel Send Message
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Do they add that background music to every kind of video, it's almost like the bridge lost his parents...or something like that.
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bydefkev (91.00) 
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It's hard to believe! But, wood does have high compression strength.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByTriode (497.90) 
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those are pilings that were driven into the ground and then the concrete poured on top of the ground/river bed. The earth has since been scoured away exposing the pilings.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bymattb1974 (1114.98) 
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@mattb1974 I hadn't thought it through. That explains the concrete surrounding the top of the pilings. I was wondered how that was achieved if the pilings were up in the air.
Thank you for helping a non-construction oriented LL'er understand the background on this.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bybgwrkr (1811.48) 
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@mattb1974 Yes +1 from me too. I finally can :)
Posted Dec-9-2012 Byviliboy (30.98) 
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@mattb1974 I figured that too cause that construction makes no sense.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bygetwidit (9.10) 
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It was built by the Japanese to aid in their slaughter across China.
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByOswald2001 (918.36) Oswald2001 View Channel Send Message
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Lots of old cities were built on pillar's forests like these, specially on wetlands; the wood pillars are planted to reinforce the wet ground, but in this case like said below the ground have been washed and the pillars appear ...
Posted Dec-9-2012 ByLibertyEqualitySauerkraut (93.90) 
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The wooden piles were driven into the soil and the concrete pile cap was poured over the top. The exposed piles are a result of a process called scour that removed the soil from around the tops of the piles.
Posted Dec-10-2012 ByLaffy Taffy (24.00) 
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Good shit laffy!!
Cheers.
Posted Dec-10-2012 ByUnpossible (1349.60) 
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Thanks Captain Obvious.
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bycolleensda (297.84) 
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You would think it is obvious but if you read the comments here you would see just how ignorant people are here.
Posted Dec-10-2012 Bythe wedge (380.40) 
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Pretty normal: wood piles were used to anchor the concrete footings. Then the earth around the footings eroded away, leaving the piles exposed. Probably time to rebuild with steel piles and a deeper foundation. Or just build a whole new bridge.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Byspinyl (112.40) 
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@spinyl Or just build a road... there's barely any water anymore.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Bylethe (181.90) 
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@spinyl Yeah, under the sand and silt this is how many bridges are still standing on bedrock. Looks like they already built a new bridge though. That appears to be a walking bridge judging by the overgrowth.
Posted Dec-9-2012 Byjeru (284.60) 
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