Was The World’s ‘Northern-Most Island’ Erased From Charts?
by Kevin Hamilton (University of Hawaii) In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared to be a previously uncharted island. It was small and gravelly,...
The picture says it all, assuming you believe what you’re seeing. This is in fact the world’s longest navigable aqueduct, named the Magdeburg Water Bridge.
It connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittellandkanal, crossing over the Elbe River and has a total length of 918 metres (3,012 ft). Built with 68,000 cubic meters of concrete and 24,000 metric tons of steel, the bridge was completed in 2003.
Dimensions:
Longest span | 106 m |
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Total length | 918 m (690 m over land and 228 m over water) |
Width | 34 m |
Water depth | 4.25 m |
Clearance below | 90.00 m x 6.25 m |
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