r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rapatakaz • 2d 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/gabacus_39 2d ago

What does height above sea level have to do with anything? Do you mean height above whatever it's going over?

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u/Mitridate101 2d ago

It's a way of cheating the measurements just like they have their own inch.

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula 2d ago

Wait, what? China doesn't use inches. Only the UK and some former colonies use inches.

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u/Mitridate101 2d ago

They do , it's called the Cun. Nicknamed the Chinese inch. It's slightly longer than a standard inch.

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u/RealEstateDuck 2d ago

One would expect it would be the other way around.