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19 Comments
  • 7 1
 TUGAAAAA ! Parabéns Miguel e Sandro ! Um abraço
  • 3 0
 Obrigado MAD! Continuem o vosso excelente trabalho. Um abraço
  • 3 0
 Thought this was Declan Brooks at first, I had an old catalogue and he was on one of the pages with that shot, its in Lisbon, Portugal isn't it?
  • 2 0
 yes it is, beneath vasco da gama bridge
  • 3 0
 Cheers man, it's a sick looking spot and probably one of the most picturesque too.
  • 3 0
 Que FOTO!!!!! Best action sports photographer in PT for sure =D. ng tira fotos como tu bento!
  • 1 0
 Only action sports photographer in Portugal
  • 5 1
 Not really a city/street type guy... But this is a rad shot.
  • 2 2
 Nicely referred to horison, but I really can figure it out why they put there the second and third row of pylons under all the bridge ties. Lateral stiffness reinforcement perhaps.
  • 3 1
 My thoughts exactly.
  • 3 1
 that's not the suspension part of the bridge, only the center span. the ties that disappear into the foggy background are going to the anchor point.
  • 2 0
 It is amazing how Pinkbike community always explains everything better.
www.lusas.com/case/bridge/diaphragm.html
Just behind the main pylons there are three sections suspended as well as standing on some two pairs of columns. This is generally weird. A net of ties usually does not go to an anchor point (net to the point?). There must have been issues with geology, fundations or hydrodynamics, or all of the sections are anchor points to spread loads more evenly. The last option could have an result in a change of shape of these columns, because if the sections are anchor points, there is more force pulling it upwards than pushing it downwards. If the columns are to prolong the pulling forces to the fundations, they are just too vertical to do this. Either it was meant to look like this for esthetics only (very unlikely), or there were some issues with geology. Otherwise it is a wasteful solution. It is too expensive to be wrong, so surely there is something unique in this part.
  • 2 0
 Thanks, I was kinda just being a smart ass, I reallly didn't know. But I do like being educated, especially if I'm wrong Smile
  • 2 0
 this bridge is made to handle bad ass earthquakes like the ones we had before,and this big part of the bridge the deepest spot of the river as well..its always sweet to travel 17.2km on that bridge Beer
  • 3 0
 ;-)
  • 2 0
 ahah é bem miguel, top pic! parabéns aos 2 Wink
  • 1 0
 Lovely shot. Too bad that bridge is often associated with retards street racing their shitboxes all the way across.
  • 2 0
 vasco da gama bridge!!!
  • 1 0
 parabens meus tugas love Portugal







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