Biggest Suspension Bridge

[kbunix1]

CREEPY BUIDING

[TheKingbrucus]

our you could just swin to the other side .....b ut still good job

[Teeheehee093]

british narrators are way better then the american ones. American ones are loud and annoying

[facebooker121]

@Teeheehee093 Loud and annoying? What channel have you been watching ... well from the channels I watch, their not annoying. Oh well, it can't be helped, me and you are completely different.

[KoreaMojo]

Why is this titled as the "biggest suspension bridge"? I'm disappointed, our bridge in Michigan is bigger than this. I guess it really is the biggest in the Western Hemisphere...

[phuturephunk]

@KoreaMojo Biggest bridge in the western hemisphere, by span, I believe is still the the Humber in Great Britain. The Akashi Kaikyō in Japan is the largest single span in the eastern hemisphere.

[Zachariahmiester]

@KoreaMojo At least SOMEBODY stood up for our bridge. Thank you good chap!

[MrKillJoy200]

The bridge of death



[luatin1589]

@ sirus804.. you dont understand much then

[sirus804]

@luatin1589 Childish insults are childish.

[sirus804]

I really don't understand why this is so amazing.. It's nowhere near the biggest suspension bridge. Sure suspension bridges are cool or w/e but this isn't impressive for todays standards.

[david18861886]

@sirus804 eh. fair enough. Think about the first plane. Remember the right brothers? Now think about people on horses and bare feet back in ye olden times. Think about, ah forget it. Roll around in ignorance for all I care.

[sirus804]

@david18861886 No I understand that suspension bridges are amazing and stuff.. It's just the title of this video is completely misleading. "Biggest Suspension Bridge" ? Definitely not. If it was "First Suspension Bridge" then I wouldn't care as much. It's nice to see how it they were designed though.

[david18861886]

@sirus804 ah ok., Your right. 

[markisfresh930]

engineers are just brilliant

[nejckra]

And that is how you make a quality bridge!

[DARKWOMAN2000]

interesting- good stuff!

[Popalongkid]

I was once suspended from school ! .... What ?

[tarzanic]

wow im inspired, happy to be studying civil engineering!

[nikel3161]

@tarzanic isnt bridge building more of structural engineering?

[tarzanic]

@nikel3161 yeah, but from the information i got from employers they say that most of us civil engineer start off on the "civil" side and if we want we can become more "structural"

[nikel3161]

@tarzanic more money in structural? im industrial myself, well a senior in college

[tarzanic]

@nikel3161 well it really comes down to what you like to do. People tell me that civil is quite repetitive and quite office related, however structural has slightly harder calculations but have the chance to be onsite aswell. but then again, im not yet working as a civil engineer, i still have 1 more year till i graduate, hopefully can find work :D

[nikel3161]

@tarzanic one advantage of being in a engineering field is your very likely to get a job after college, i personally wana blow my brains out when im in a office, hate it!!. im probably gonna join the navy after school with my degree. Then i know for a fact i wont be in a office.

i prefer to be onsite, over anything else

[tarzanic]

@nikel3161 im still on the hunt for a vacation job, i really wanna do some travelling with the degree, go to places and build structures, that would be super awesome

[sagarmaathaa]

When was this bridge built?

[droptheleash0]

@sagarmaathaa 1826..wikipedia is your friend remember ;)

[IIHOWLEYII]

whey! WAles! Wales!

[enricokorderos]

Oldest, not biggest. Biggest is in Japan. This is due to Japanese people being supremely superior to Scottish people.

[DeMichaelSuperFan]

enricokorderos:

I'm half Japanese, and that's still stupid to say. What makes Japan superior to Scotland?

[MrGrevy]

@DeMichaelSuperFan It isn't. Japan is a very socially/racism backwards place. History has all but forgotten the japanese.

[DeMichaelSuperFan]

@MrGrevy

Did you watch those dumb videos that try to make Japan look racist? Take a visit there yourself, those places don't really exist, and the few examples they showed were taken out of context. You really don't know what you're talking about. If you respond with "I did visit" that's definitely a lie because why would you visit a country you find "socially/racism backwards place"?

[MrGrevy]

@DeMichaelSuperFan I certainly do know what I'm talking about. You sound like an apologist for the bizarre, backwards Japanese culture that insults blacks.This isn't complicated my friend - just look at some of their commercials. Sheesh You seem to have a bit of a problem with basic logic as well. Why would I not want to visit a culture I find racist and intriguing? It doesn't mean I agree with their beliefs. Maybe you haven't attended college yet?

[DeMichaelSuperFan]

@MrGrevy I don't even know what you're talking about. You can't stereotype a group based on something you found somewhere sometime with someone. Don't you realize how vague that is? You take one scenario and because of ignorance you assume it must be the same around. Did you know the US has KKK meetings, does that mean we're all racist? Hey, we have a black president now but we still have racist people in the US. Also, what's with the college question? You can look my name up on my U's page.

[roossi]

this guy speaking sounds like liquid snake from metal gear solid :D

[HugeJasFilms]

Brilliant work. Hats off to the designers, builders, and keepers. And, of course, Mister Telford himself. Thanks for posting this video.

[yared94]

gawd thats some awesome sht right there

[DareVouGe]

I thought Wales has another language, but no doubt they can confer well in english...I don't know...

[shortround551]

wales has 2 languages

welsh and english

[CrazyVT22]

they cost so much to build they keep ecinomics alive for example a bridge is desrtoyed people cant get across. If some on suplies fruit to a resuraunt but they are on differint sides how could they get money they lose there jobsthe resturaunt closes and there is much more after that. if i were a terrorist i would

[L4DWonton]

Damn. The English sure were smart and rich at the same time.

[forevercupcake]

so what

[IISCO7SMAN1]

thers no such thing as a british accent

[Nickster3002]

yes there is

[yared94]

@IISCO7SMAN1

Depends really on how you wanna see it. You can either group all the accents spoken in the UK as one British accent, or you could keep them all seperately.

[shaynesusername7]

now why would terrorists strike a suspension bridge in NORTH WALES one of the quietest places ever dipshit

[441meatloaf]

@shaynesusername7

ur answer is fucking crap and completely wrong. First of all being a quiet place doesnt mean anything to terrorist. Its a matter of objective. Terrorist mainly strikes buildings that are of economical value or of governmental value etc.. It has nothing to do with a place being quiet or not.

[barr65]

@shaynesusername7 because they are nuts

[ironhorzmn]

@shaynesusername7 IRA?

[HHH973]

even world trade center wold be a better place to plant a plain???:P

[NerdstatuZ]

lmao why would terrorist strike a suspension bridge

[SalvadoraAgustus]

lol

[Theronguardaaah]

That is really cool.

[leyzeebum]

awesome

[ghghghgh07]

wat da fuck

!!!!

[mrowenmoss]

No its from wales to Anglesey. It sounded like it was to ireland from the vid though.

[zeratul575]

ty confused me there for a bit

but i hear ireland but i cant understand british accents that well anyway it can be me

[TheVikingWarrior09]

He was talking about the travel between Wales and Ireland. Before they completed this bridge, the ferry that was closest to Dublin was several miles eastward, which made it a longer trip across the water. The Menai Strait was the only body of water blocking the actual other island separating England from Holyhead Island... I was a bit confused too when he said that as well.

[03cammd79]

i'm confused? i'm sure he said a bridge between wales and ireland!?!

[jeffsandychelsea]

Eh, your a total douchebag and a waste of recourses.

[kaosKSA]

word...

[sliver321123]

Fuck.

Ing.

Eh.

[ashi571]

whre is this birge aniway?

[YankTheOneAndOnly]

kkk

[batbat4]

shouldnt it be the first suspension bridge

[jerotheBIG]

the narrater seems bored

[Likewoahomg]

Lol I know.

[bombercat123]

dont all narrarators?

[MyspacHor911]

at 2:10 - 2:12 for some reason i thought spider

man was spinning a web

[pepsibreak1000]

truly amazing what people could do long time ago

[KRSBlair]

people today could do a but i dont know why we dont....I guess now we worry more about computer programing and new technology to make texting easier? who knows lol

[strangelanguage77]

exellent.

[bodysnatcher0421]

He wins

[ImSin2009]

sweet... more vid like this! =)

[HotSh0t602]

Awesome.

[wj1tdpwjap]

thats amazazing

[pmaldinis]

ausom video, thnx for uploading.

[infernol28]

5/5

[LuckOrLoss]

I watched this episode, earlier in the episode it talks about how a crowd gathered on a suspension bridge to watch a guy in a barrel being pulled by geese. When they first see him coming down the river they all move to one side which put all the weight on one cable which made the bridge collapse. Nearly half of the people on the bridge drowned. I thought it would suck to die because of watching a guy in a barrel being pulled by geese. I love building bridges myself, and I hope to be an engineer.

[nicholasrobertlynch2]

but you would die happy :D

[DeadLuwave]

That's really cool.

[undertake782]

O.O That's the longest suspension bridge? You sure?

[sauldavidwilliams]

not the longest the first

[Sedalb]

It's on a show that features the longest suspention bridge. It explores the history of previous bridges that needed to overcome obsticles thus gave way to new technological acheivements that effected later bridges.

[marjgio]

weeeeeeeee

[iCamtSpel]

absolutely amazing, yo.

[haben5r5432]

if we have to rebuild the world now i can build a bridge cool good stuff to kno

[vonnoni]

bravo

[J4yJ4yProductions]

This is by far one of the smallest bridges Ive seen that is suspension..

[Crazylalalalala]

that because its pretty much the first one.

[Catastrophe420]

LOL

[SkyIineGTR]

lmao!

[Cobbbbbb]

HAHAHAHA

[lovemachine6969]

why was that put to -8... it was obviously a joke and i thought it was pretty funny

[TacoLuvr]

People are just jealous because I won't tell them how to find Atlantis.

[lovemachine6969]

lol

[381793475]

The largest suspension bridges in the world

(by length of centre span)

1. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge (Japan) 1,990 meters or 6,529 feet - 1998

2. Great Belt Bridge (Denmark) 1,624 meters or 5,328 feet - 1998

3. Humber Bridge (England) 1,410 meters or 4,624 feet - 1981

4. Jangyn Bridge (China, YangtseRiver) 1,385 meters - 1997

5. Tsing Ma Bridge (Hong Kong) 1,377 meters - 1997

6. Verrazano Narrows Bridge (USA) 1,298 meters or 4,260 feet - 1964

[fm420]

make a yotube video of all those bridges! do it so i can watch it :)

[Murder4Life666]

OMG that guy is amazing ^.^

[AvlDao]

Modern bridges do not use ancient technologies...they use proven principles. The technology in the Akashi uses modern metallurgy technology in its metal components, as well as laser technology on its measurements, and modern wind science and ocean current science.

The only thing ancient is the principle of suspension.

[AinokeA365]

wow thats amazing!

[gulay87]

this is he human mind can create

[iamyee2007]

good,we never forgot the past.we know the amazing human being

[pked1000times]

i wonder why they say london bridge is falling down.this reminded me about it.

[nkashi]

The london bridge was a real bridge that sucked. The engligh sold it to Lake Havesue, Arizona

[Sigurddrugis94]

good to knowe!

[EMSLS]

This only reinforces was I had allready learned. Simple things can supress complex difficulties!

[aliakpinar88]

good

[drturfuyfrtyuf]

I have an old friend who lives near there

[maccloyHS]

what about akashi-kaikyo?

[Affixton96]

This video is a part of a 1-hour documentary about how today's biggest suspension bridge, the Akashi-Kaikyō, was built using ancient technology.

[Daikili]

There's also an incredibly long bridge connecting the islands of Honshu and Shikoku in Japan, called the Great Seto Bridge, and its over 13 km long. The world's largest two-tiered bridge system, apparently. The 12.9 km long bridge connecting PEI to New Brunswick in Canada is also pretty long.

[DreamTool]

Actually there is a biggest suspension bridge in Quebec City, Canada. Search for it on google you will find this is the biggest in the world.

[DreamTool]

Eh, sorry I am wrong, I thought it was a suspension bridge but in fact it is a cantilever bridge

[screwsanity]

horray for him!

[bolivarmeadows]

Tremendous. I love NG videos. Thanks for posting.

[dade4567]

wow.....

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

an earthquake would take care of that rock lol we had one today april 18 2008 at 4 37 am in illinois

[tetrabyte1986]

i doubt the area is on any tetonic plates fault line. hence an earthquake will be impossible.

engineers would have thought of another way to build it if it were built on earthquake prone areas.

[atlantiz6]

magnificent... speachless

[haobio]

speechless...

[kevinmarcha]

are you crzy

[luckyjopot]

great , he is clever

[jensiuiscool]

O.O if that rock were to give way...

[Brentsimo]

Nice

[funnybanana]

dude that guys crazy :O impossibly smart much?!

[jctomoptics]

errsome! lols

[xenigirl]

Good luck getting the horses to cross that back in the day. :)

[funnybanana]

heh. they probably would have without fear, that thing's pretty sturdy looking :O

[xXBabYgUrLXx831]

kool

[ElephantGazebo]

nice

[Spiralworm]

great thinker

[guest58]

yaaaaaaaaaaayy!!!

*confetti falls over bridge*

[biglipsjim]

(clapping hands)YEAH!!!

[Chivalryaintdead]

Those chains could fail not only if the rock fails, but also because of corrosion.

I hope the engineers check on corrosion deep within the anchoring, because if the anchoring has been down in ther for 150 years and has not been looked after, there could be a catastrophic failure.

[WTFN003]

Cool =D

[ldsqtbea]

so frickin awesome !!!

[sugarpuddin88]

I have to admit my ignorance - But where exactly is this bridge?

Holyhead to Dublin?

I didn't know Ireland and England were but a mere stones throw away

[BumbleTheBard]

This bridge crosses the Menai strait between mainland Wales and Anglesey.

[sugarpuddin88]

Bumble: Thanks - that mystery is solved! Greatly appreciated

[jctomoptics]

yes! solved!

[legendy2j]

all youtube vids should be like this

[FluggleBubble]

no they shudn't

[legendy2j]

atleast that way americans can lern something considerng how fucking bad education here is

[ACCOUNT1100101]

yeah, like spelling...

[LUVMYKID136]

LOL

[legendy2j]

this is the internet dumbass not english class

[ACCOUNT1100101]

Yes, but if you're gonna try and prove a point about education, you might want to be educated yourself. It helps.

[ACCOUNT1100101]

Also, you need a comma after the word 'dumbass' and a period at the end of the sentence. You also need to capitalize the letter 't' at the beginning of your sentence.

[legendy2j]

lol wow thank you when are you going to finish grading my 12 page paper mrs. Bowe you know the one i turned in yesterday for AP Literature....oh wait you are not my english teacher wow why are you on my dick about spelling get a life.

[legendy2j]

and this is coming from a redneck who probably never even got past high school. happy! i put a period

[kickthebass]

America has a great education system.. one of the best, it's just the kids that are the problem.

[num3ric]

Hahahaha!

[michu070]

hes right

[XXXHatakeKakashi666]

i know the kids at my school ar so dumb

[CrashGames2108]

So are you.

[Chivalryaintdead]

The only thing great about the US education system is the College and Universities.

The grade schools are failing.

[legendy2j]

i agree i got into Cornell U great college i came from a shitty school tho. had to work my ass off

[legendy2j]

i agree i got into Cornell U great college i came from a shitty school tho. had to work my ass off

[bingofob]

true true,they act like idiots,don't lots of kid don't care about school anymore

[FluggleBubble]

what planet are u on?

the education shud motivate the kids to work, if it doesn't, it fails its whole purpose!!

[SambaDisaWinner]

wow! what a great man

[videoaccess001]

180. We have bridges made in the 50's already gone. No computers, just pen and paper, but it beats out some new bridges.

[ladyraven30]

amazing!

[magicalpoop]

Wow this is amazing...just amazing..

[04ray25number2]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[pulsedr1ver]

That's just amazing.

[dustynbones]

Awesome thank you!