r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rapatakaz • 1d ago

Video China is completing the construction of the tallest bridge in the world, which runs through the Grand Huajiang Canyon. The 2,890-meter-long steel suspension bridge rises 625 meters above sea level

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u/M4K4SURO 1d ago

So basically China is surpassing us in everything. Got it.

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u/psh454 1d ago edited 1d ago

Helps that "we" (assuming you mean the states and canada) stopped giving a flying fuck about building or maintaining any infrastructure outside of highways. The ability/experience needed to complete large coordinated construction projects has atrophied, now 1000 consulting firms need to be given millions of dollars to evaluate any small decision and everything costs 3x what it should. Instead all that money and effort is now going to AI and fintech for questionable benefit returns.

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u/M4K4SURO 1d ago

Truth

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u/bran_the_man93 1d ago

I mean, is there a need for a bridge this high somewhere in the US?

It's not like we're out there building bridges for the sake of building bridges....

(Though our bridges are crumbling...)

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u/owen-87 1d ago

No, not things like safety standards. Remember, this is just propaganda. You'll never see the human toll of these projects.

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u/SpinyGlider67 1d ago

Not if you're Chinese