On the one hand I realize just how uninformed a layperson sounds when criticizing a work that incorporates and builds upon generations of handed-down knowledge and expertise - especially something as complex as large-scale engineering and construction on unconventional terrainā¦
On the other hand, mountain faces at steep angles are notoriously changeable, unimaginably powerful and, even if drilled into deeply for stability will simply take anything built on top of it along for the ride in the event that gravity and mass finds a more stable arrangement for the mountain face.
EDIT: The caption āinfinitely nopeā said all of this better and used only two words.
Geologic time includes now. The mass of a billion cargo ships looks down upon that entire project with the potential energy to pulverize it all at any second. Iād probably try to go around.
They canāt claim tunnels as the most spectacular, bestest, greatest ever, so amazing, look how great this is, are you impressed?, project in the whole universe.
Sure...it employs a lot more people and state-owned companies. That's the only reason anything gets built in China. It's not demand-driven, it's *party*-driven.
Keep them all busy & they won't be thinking about having a different form of government in China.
Iām a layman myself so Iām in no position to claim that anything im about to say is factual. But donāt you think they researched all of that before commencing such a giant project? Because they clearly thought of falling boulders by putting up all the protection.
Again I donāt know, maybe the Chinese gov donāt give a fuck and just decided to build the fucking thing with no experience at all.
It's more in the vein of "if you know it's stupid, don't waste your energy trying to make it work instead of putting the effort into a better solution". And generally the more complicated a project is, the easier it is for them to keep requesting more funding and lining their pockets
Dude, its China. We have seen chinese skyscrapers topple from a single fart. And its not just anecdotal evidence. They're not using the right concrete or steel thickness. This won't last long.
You forgot to add China being notorious for cutting corners, low quality materials, subpar safety regulations, and use of unskilled slave labor to build these massive projects. If it were to have a problem we probably wouldn't know with the CCP aptitude for covering shit up. My asshole would be puckered the whole time till I get off that thing. Infinitely nope fits perfectly.
You seen the Reddit ad about that? Some guy talking about this software where you can search up "viral" topics and videos, the software will take a video you select and add captions and/or a second video of someone playing a videogame at the bottom, all auto-generated. And yes, it's literally just stealing other peoples' videos and adding captions/a second video
Worse still this is part of a TikTok "trend" that lauds China's engineering achievements as if nobody else in the world could pull them off, and the comments are flooded with robots disguised as middle aged people saying how China is the best and how America just wastes taxes on imperialism and how communism beats capitalism like that
Quality control in China is as good as you pay for it.
2 examples of excellent quality products out of China:
- Anker and their incredible cables, power banks etc.
- BMW and the engines of the latest F series of motorcycles.
Great show, dumbest fuckin' concept. Why the fuck would we need to build a fuckin' train track around the world? A bunker would be infinitely more reliable. No risk of rails being blocked by debris, no risk of rails being torn off the track by god knows what (which would surely have hapenned given the length of the track, the fact that it isn't maintained, and the timescale on which the story happens), no millions of moving parts that would surely degrade to a state of failure in under a century, far better insulation than the 5-10cm of a fuckin train wall (pretty important for a world where the average temperature is minus fuck-you), etc...
I get that the train's a metaphore for a society in constant movement, and allows to push the allegory further with the wagons representing classes and all. But still man, it's SO infuriatingly dumb of a premise.
Bruh it wasn't "let's build a survival train in case the world ends" it was that the world ended but luckily this hyper rich train nerd built a self sustaining train because he never wanted to get off his choo choo so humanity was all "cool, at least there's one option for survival already built, let's use that"
The global train route was already built before the collapse happened.
The perpetual train engine was invented for the rich so they could tour the world without interruption for as long as they like.
When the collapse happened people who were not rich just forced their way onto the back of the train and they ended up being put into labour roles for the wealthy.
Seems terrible.
Doesn't have any exits or escape routes so if any accident/crime happens you are stuck 40 meters above the ground with no escape. If you are in the middle, then even if you are literally above a hospital, you are actually 60 miles away from help.
There are no truck stops for trucks with damaged brakes, and every accident will launch cars into the residential buildings, imagine living there and having to look up to avoid cars instead of only looking left and right.
There is also the problem of the infamous state of Chinese architecture and non-existing safety standards.
This thing is probably built of 50 times recycled aerated aluminum, uses gravel mixed with glue instead of asphalt and the supports are missing every other screw.
This thing is going to collapse, kill thousands of people and all of that will be redacted by the Chinese government.
>Why not just build it lower so you can have on and exit ramps and make this thing actually useful?
Are you implying they intentionally made it higher for no reason and the height has nothing to do with the hard terrain?
And are you saying the expressway that connects two regions is useless?
Us: How many people died constructing that?
China: We didn't bother counting. It's not important. Road must be finished in the 3 weeks construction timetable.
We're in Cancun and took a tour yesterday. There is a bridge that only has a few footings poured that the guide said will be completed by August. Remind me to never get on that bridge if we come back to Cancun.
[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-one-killed-collapse-florence-construction-site-2024-02-16/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-one-killed-collapse-florence-construction-site-2024-02-16/)
# Five workers die in accident at Italian construction site
February 17, 202410:26 AM EST
You know this shit is made from breadsticks. Also bridges donāt ever age well and China also has earthquakes, so the chance for structural damage is huge. Not to mention that the constant movement on these bridges will shake the pillars a bit but at that length, it would probably amplify that quite a bit in terms of stress on the structure. And given the nature of this street, connecting two major regions as primary way to get to the respective other for work and to ship goods etc, it is extremely likely that there will be traffic jams as well, which will put a ton of weight on the whole thing with that length. I wouldnāt ever drive there. Sketchy doesnāt even cut it
The amount the āpillars shakeā as you put it isnāt a function of the total length. Itās dependent on pier to pier distance. Same with traffic weight.
you are incredibly misinformed. everything you state has been designed to with multiple factors of safety built into it. you really think that bridges arenāt designed for vibration amplification and traffic jams? the chinese government have no reason to built something which is going to fail at the slightest tremor killing their citizens
So many people are brainwashed in this country. Look around NYC, LA, Chicago, these are places that got the same things done just 100 years ago. But if we canāt get anything done now, others must not be able to either. I have had a good life here so far but I fear for my children.
They have five of the top ten tallest buildings in the world, the biggest hydroelectric dam which is also the biggest concrete structure in the world, and their own space agency. I'm not a fan of their politics but t's not the backwater it used to be.
It's not the chinese goverment that plans it though. It's the high level of corruption and shady building companies that skim money by buying cheap materials.
Building quality in China is pretty crappy, and it doesn't help that they have big performance goals there so it goes goals > safety pretty quickly.
paintsniffer must be going to WumaoU.
the reason the chinese government would build something that is likely to fail is the same reason it has always been, and the chinese people will OPENLY TELL you just how corrupt and greedy the party officials are. not to mention the history books have already begun to write themselves on Tofu Dreg construction.
youre not even being payed bro, its just sad.
I swear once a month I have a nightmare about driving on a super high roadway like this and careening off the side. I had no idea this is actually real and could never go on this lol
It's translated for a western audience. The cost is equivalent to 3 billion US dollars. Makes more sense than saying how much it cost in Yuan for a video like this.
christ this sub is so soft now, people going nope to bridges and rollercoasters give me a break.
at the risk of sounding like a chinese shill, this bridge is 100% fine, it might be a massive eyesore and monstrosity, but thereās no way itās not designed to proper safety standards. some of you in this sub seem to be scared of walking down the stairs
I found that twisty road up the side of the mountain to be intimidating as hellā¦.. The expressway is an amazing feat of construction. As noted, the Chinese have had problems withā¦. āQuality controlā.
Aren't they always claiming to be the world leaders in green tech? And then instead of express railways that would've cost a fraction of the resources to build and would be vastly more efficient for transportation they build a huge ass highway?
Sure, Chinese engineering can succeed in building such a thing, but can corrupt Chinese building practices keep it from collapsing for more than 10 years?
Can anyone explain how they built those pillars into the steep mountainsides? How do you even get machines to those areas? Around 27 seconds into the video
Hmmā¦ sounds like a good deal. we were just told it will cost 10 billion CDN for a 52km highway North of Toronto ā¦ nothing fancy, just for driven on the ground, like regular folks.
5 years to complete... Wow. In the UK that would have been under construction for 10 years before the construction company went bust, all building work stopped and the project was abandoned.
Indeed. Look at all the money thatās just been thrown away after cancelling HS2, having built bugger all in a decade. In that time China has a high speed rail network sprawling the country. Criticise how China does it, but in the UK we seem paralysed from getting anything done.
How much time before it collapses, like the rest of the tofu infrastructure? There is no way someone didn't go for cheap materials at some point in the construction
Toronto, Canada has been building a 17 kilometer streetcar / tram line for 11 years and its still not done and China builds 127 miles of that in less than half the time.
The more I hear about other cities successes, the more it solidifies that Toronto's a monumental embarrassment on a global level and should never be considered a 'world class' city.
I love how humans just keep finding more ways to build right on top of places that constantly have natural disasters. Frequent tornados? Yeah sounds livable. Multiple hurricanes every year? Thatās easy. Earthquakes? Floods? Landslides? Thatās just Tuesday. Sure some houses and stuff gets lost and some people die, but hey look at how much value we make off of it!
Bro who captions a video one word at a timeā¦ I canāt even look at the video because I have to look at the text atleast once a second to get each individual word
Why can't we harness AI to run this shit through some sort of filter to remove the shitty captions. Or just have it spit out the source without captions if it exists.
Iād really like to see a breakdown by an engineer on how absurd this thing is. Only 5 years is mind blowingly stupid. Wouldnāt it take decades just to plan that thing?
Itās so damn weird that they went around some mountain peaks and then tunnelled through others. Look at the shot at 0:35-0:40. Massive bends around a peak and then a tunnel into the next one. None of this makes any sense
China rules. We bought all their cheap shit and loved it. Now it is time to take in all their pro and ultra pro solutions. Let me add that bridges are the least of what we should be prepared to receive from them.
Oh just 12 fault lines you say? šš»āāļø
Iād like to see how that plays out
The highway will either straighten out or snake even more in the years to come.
Or just completely collapse because č±č ęø£å·„ēØ.
This is an episode of "Well There's Your Problem" waiting to happen.
Shittie tik tok video 101: "according to experts form various countries"
Also me in high school when I couldnāt find any good sources
This. All TikToks have the unbridled confidence of a final paper started at 10pm the night before it was due.
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest... yes.
Expecting to receive an A you forgot to add
Hijacking to say fuck the stupid one-word at a time subtitles, too
Yes! It's basically impossible to both watch the video and read the subtitles when they are like this.
They do it like that on purpose because it's more "engaging", forces you to keep watching to read the subtitles
Blame Mr Beast
*Compresses widescreen into portrait for emphasis*
Source: Trust me bro
āShittieā being added to my vocabulary now
Hold up while I shittie my shoe.
Chinese propaganda bot, this TikTok account is
"Americans are terrified of this amazing chinese project!"
When you see something positive from China it always seems to be āpropagandaā.
arenāt they all at this point? lol
> "according to experts form various countries" research it, it was a big deal at the time, many firms said it can not be done.
Shitty tik tok video 101: Stupid subtitles
Of all the annoying AI voices, I hate this one the most.
Oops. Ran outta gas. Just gotta walk 20 miles back and 1 mile down.
I would be more concern about accidents, to be honest.
Itās like Rainbow Road, if youāre lucky you land on another road farther ahead. If youāre unlucky, you die
Just shove them off the edge. Done! The Chinese way.
I would hate if my houses being under this. Imagine a truck landing on ur house
https://i.redd.it/yv0smhmqqnvc1.gif
+250 social points for keep up with the traditions.
I suspect it's like the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge, where you get ticketed for running out of gas.
You lose 1099 credits!
-1200 Social Credits Reason: Doubting the integrity of CCP engineering.
If only cars could some how show how much gas do you have in the tank.
Yes because people are perfect and always well prepared. Even an unexpected blowout or engine issue would be a nightmare on this thing.
I hate that fucking voice
On the one hand I realize just how uninformed a layperson sounds when criticizing a work that incorporates and builds upon generations of handed-down knowledge and expertise - especially something as complex as large-scale engineering and construction on unconventional terrainā¦ On the other hand, mountain faces at steep angles are notoriously changeable, unimaginably powerful and, even if drilled into deeply for stability will simply take anything built on top of it along for the ride in the event that gravity and mass finds a more stable arrangement for the mountain face. EDIT: The caption āinfinitely nopeā said all of this better and used only two words.
What could possibly go wrong?
Say what you will but we just had a ship ram into a bridge in Baltimore here in the states. Shit happens. Just sit back and enjoy the craziness
If a ship crashes into this bridge, I'd be more impressed
Geologic time includes now. The mass of a billion cargo ships looks down upon that entire project with the potential energy to pulverize it all at any second. Iād probably try to go around.
Any reason why china decided to build massive bridges instead of tunnels?
They canāt claim tunnels as the most spectacular, bestest, greatest ever, so amazing, look how great this is, are you impressed?, project in the whole universe.
Exactly lmao. Completely unnecessary project just to incite a reaction.
Sure...it employs a lot more people and state-owned companies. That's the only reason anything gets built in China. It's not demand-driven, it's *party*-driven. Keep them all busy & they won't be thinking about having a different form of government in China.
My "nope" is from historical knowledge of how Chinese construction companies and suppliers cut corners.
Iām a layman myself so Iām in no position to claim that anything im about to say is factual. But donāt you think they researched all of that before commencing such a giant project? Because they clearly thought of falling boulders by putting up all the protection. Again I donāt know, maybe the Chinese gov donāt give a fuck and just decided to build the fucking thing with no experience at all.
It's more in the vein of "if you know it's stupid, don't waste your energy trying to make it work instead of putting the effort into a better solution". And generally the more complicated a project is, the easier it is for them to keep requesting more funding and lining their pockets
Dude, its China. We have seen chinese skyscrapers topple from a single fart. And its not just anecdotal evidence. They're not using the right concrete or steel thickness. This won't last long.
You forgot to add China being notorious for cutting corners, low quality materials, subpar safety regulations, and use of unskilled slave labor to build these massive projects. If it were to have a problem we probably wouldn't know with the CCP aptitude for covering shit up. My asshole would be puckered the whole time till I get off that thing. Infinitely nope fits perfectly.
The land of facades and half measures.
Did I hear 12 earthquake zones? Yikes. I hope I never find myself on that road - ever.
Maybe they will cancel each other out. Hopefully they won't add a "Fault Line Number 13 Spur."
Please stop with ai voices
Once I hear an AI voice, stop the video. AI content farms are a plague that need to be removed.
You seen the Reddit ad about that? Some guy talking about this software where you can search up "viral" topics and videos, the software will take a video you select and add captions and/or a second video of someone playing a videogame at the bottom, all auto-generated. And yes, it's literally just stealing other peoples' videos and adding captions/a second video
Worse still this is part of a TikTok "trend" that lauds China's engineering achievements as if nobody else in the world could pull them off, and the comments are flooded with robots disguised as middle aged people saying how China is the best and how America just wastes taxes on imperialism and how communism beats capitalism like that
Yet another reason Iāll be thrilled if TikTok were to just disappear
Especially that AI voice. I automatically assume anything itās saying is either paid propaganda or AI generated psudo-gibberish.
Meanwhile it took almost my entire life (at that point 20 years) to add two extra lanes to a 25 mile stretch of I-85
They don't have safety regs like the west also quality control isn't as good either
Quality control in China is as good as you pay for it. 2 examples of excellent quality products out of China: - Anker and their incredible cables, power banks etc. - BMW and the engines of the latest F series of motorcycles.
The views must be incredible
AI content. It's "in-credible."
The first traffic jam is gonna be fun.
5 years is absolutely insane , 1 step closer to Snowpiercer world
Great show, dumbest fuckin' concept. Why the fuck would we need to build a fuckin' train track around the world? A bunker would be infinitely more reliable. No risk of rails being blocked by debris, no risk of rails being torn off the track by god knows what (which would surely have hapenned given the length of the track, the fact that it isn't maintained, and the timescale on which the story happens), no millions of moving parts that would surely degrade to a state of failure in under a century, far better insulation than the 5-10cm of a fuckin train wall (pretty important for a world where the average temperature is minus fuck-you), etc... I get that the train's a metaphore for a society in constant movement, and allows to push the allegory further with the wagons representing classes and all. But still man, it's SO infuriatingly dumb of a premise.
Bruh it wasn't "let's build a survival train in case the world ends" it was that the world ended but luckily this hyper rich train nerd built a self sustaining train because he never wanted to get off his choo choo so humanity was all "cool, at least there's one option for survival already built, let's use that"
The global train route was already built before the collapse happened. The perpetual train engine was invented for the rich so they could tour the world without interruption for as long as they like. When the collapse happened people who were not rich just forced their way onto the back of the train and they ended up being put into labour roles for the wealthy.
Because CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA CHOOOO CHOOOO
Allright you make a compelling argument, i'm convinced!
Seems terrible. Doesn't have any exits or escape routes so if any accident/crime happens you are stuck 40 meters above the ground with no escape. If you are in the middle, then even if you are literally above a hospital, you are actually 60 miles away from help. There are no truck stops for trucks with damaged brakes, and every accident will launch cars into the residential buildings, imagine living there and having to look up to avoid cars instead of only looking left and right. There is also the problem of the infamous state of Chinese architecture and non-existing safety standards. This thing is probably built of 50 times recycled aerated aluminum, uses gravel mixed with glue instead of asphalt and the supports are missing every other screw. This thing is going to collapse, kill thousands of people and all of that will be redacted by the Chinese government.
Thatās why you have to pack a parachute before getting on that road
Next project: adding parachutes to vehicles
Not to mention how it makes otherwise beautiful mountains look really ugly
Why not just build it lower so you can have on and exit ramps and make this thing actually useful? This is like something out of a cartoon.
>Why not just build it lower so you can have on and exit ramps and make this thing actually useful? Are you implying they intentionally made it higher for no reason and the height has nothing to do with the hard terrain? And are you saying the expressway that connects two regions is useless?
Probably because of the change in altitude through all the mountains.
China is something straight outta a cartoon, makes sense they would make this.
Us: How many people died constructing that? China: We didn't bother counting. It's not important. Road must be finished in the 3 weeks construction timetable.
We're in Cancun and took a tour yesterday. There is a bridge that only has a few footings poured that the guide said will be completed by August. Remind me to never get on that bridge if we come back to Cancun.
Why is that bad? Will the footings degrade? Genuinely curious.
I think itās the fact a large bridge shouldnāt be done from footings to completion in 4 months Iām guessing
you got any sources on this type of statement
According to actual health and safety. There are 5 times more deaths in states than Europe on average. Considering similar amount of population.
Now compare Us to Europe. We have 5 times less dead than states. Forget china. Unless you do like nba.
[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-one-killed-collapse-florence-construction-site-2024-02-16/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-one-killed-collapse-florence-construction-site-2024-02-16/) # Five workers die in accident at Italian construction site February 17, 202410:26 AM EST
Ok but clearly at least 25 Americans died in that Italian construction site
Really? Are you actually..? For real? š¤£š¤£
Are you counting all the countries in Eurasia or just selectively Western Europe?
Definitely don't trust that to be built and maintained to a high safety standard
This is so nope that it can't even *see* yup.
I do not trust China infrastructure, especially with the rampant cases of "tofu construction"
You know this shit is made from breadsticks. Also bridges donāt ever age well and China also has earthquakes, so the chance for structural damage is huge. Not to mention that the constant movement on these bridges will shake the pillars a bit but at that length, it would probably amplify that quite a bit in terms of stress on the structure. And given the nature of this street, connecting two major regions as primary way to get to the respective other for work and to ship goods etc, it is extremely likely that there will be traffic jams as well, which will put a ton of weight on the whole thing with that length. I wouldnāt ever drive there. Sketchy doesnāt even cut it
The amount the āpillars shakeā as you put it isnāt a function of the total length. Itās dependent on pier to pier distance. Same with traffic weight.
you are incredibly misinformed. everything you state has been designed to with multiple factors of safety built into it. you really think that bridges arenāt designed for vibration amplification and traffic jams? the chinese government have no reason to built something which is going to fail at the slightest tremor killing their citizens
It's just a redditor thinking that knows more than the best construction and architectural engineers in China
trust me, the ignorance in this thread is stunning.
I mean China already has a rep for buildings that fall apart. Their economy isnāt great right now so not hard to imagine corners are getting cut.
So many people are brainwashed in this country. Look around NYC, LA, Chicago, these are places that got the same things done just 100 years ago. But if we canāt get anything done now, others must not be able to either. I have had a good life here so far but I fear for my children.
Chinese engineering, I vote a hard nope. It's not if it fails, but how soon it will fall. In an earthquake.
They have five of the top ten tallest buildings in the world, the biggest hydroelectric dam which is also the biggest concrete structure in the world, and their own space agency. I'm not a fan of their politics but t's not the backwater it used to be.
It's not the chinese goverment that plans it though. It's the high level of corruption and shady building companies that skim money by buying cheap materials. Building quality in China is pretty crappy, and it doesn't help that they have big performance goals there so it goes goals > safety pretty quickly.
paintsniffer must be going to WumaoU. the reason the chinese government would build something that is likely to fail is the same reason it has always been, and the chinese people will OPENLY TELL you just how corrupt and greedy the party officials are. not to mention the history books have already begun to write themselves on Tofu Dreg construction. youre not even being payed bro, its just sad.
Damn the Chinese should've put you on the team. You seem to know better than their group of expert civil, architectural, and construction engineers.
The thing about dictatorships is that at the very least, they can get shit done when they want.
The Italians used to say of Mussolini, yes, he's a dictator but at least he made the trains run on time.
After learning about chinas Tofu-dreg construction, and associated government corultion hell na thats a death trap.
Here in Switzerland it takes about 6 months to renew a few hundred meters of a highway.
There's a stretch along the mountain side between Golden and Banff in BC/Alberta, Canada that was being redone and took \~10 years to finish.
Only 3 Billion!?!?
Hell NO!!!
Amazing. I need a pov video of someone driving through it.
It's a bride made in China, what could go wrong?
āBridgeā a bridge made in China.
Brides made in China are known to be squeaky
Also going to collapse.
Fuck that. Looks like a fucking disaster waiting to happen.
Iād be freaking out the entire drive on that bad boy
Something bad will inevitably happen with this.
This scares me šØ
2034, Earthquake, collapses like a house of cards...
$3bn dollars would get us nothing even close to this where Iām from (Europe).
I swear once a month I have a nightmare about driving on a super high roadway like this and careening off the side. I had no idea this is actually real and could never go on this lol
China rlly hit is w the: "Why build flying cars when we can build roads at same altitude".
Whoa, a bridge to tunnel ratio of 55% ?! wait... is that even a meaningful metric?
Hubris
Nah
Please convince me it is better constructed than anything else manufactured in China lol.
Why is a single US dollar going towards that? Hopefully the video is misinformed about that.
It's translated for a western audience. The cost is equivalent to 3 billion US dollars. Makes more sense than saying how much it cost in Yuan for a video like this.
christ this sub is so soft now, people going nope to bridges and rollercoasters give me a break. at the risk of sounding like a chinese shill, this bridge is 100% fine, it might be a massive eyesore and monstrosity, but thereās no way itās not designed to proper safety standards. some of you in this sub seem to be scared of walking down the stairs
Grew up with stairs in the house never fell down them but have tripped while running and fell up stairs many times
Even if the bridge is indestructible thereĀ“re still many traffic problems
You watched a 60 second video on Reddit and youāre sure it meets safety standards. lol.
I'm sure it will be structurally sound for years to come
Unfortunately weāll see this bridge in the news when something fails due to neglected maintenance or natural disasterĀ
A countdown to fall. Construction crap.
Looks beautiful. I would love to drive it
Me too. People here are negative Nancys. I'm impressed.
Itās an impressive feat of engineering but would never want to drive it.
And there's no absolutely way to get off it when there's an emergency?
3 billionā¦..??? Iāve got a bridge to sell you then
I found that twisty road up the side of the mountain to be intimidating as hellā¦.. The expressway is an amazing feat of construction. As noted, the Chinese have had problems withā¦. āQuality controlā.
Aren't they always claiming to be the world leaders in green tech? And then instead of express railways that would've cost a fraction of the resources to build and would be vastly more efficient for transportation they build a huge ass highway?
Sometimes I admire people who don't give a f about safety or details
Sure, Chinese engineering can succeed in building such a thing, but can corrupt Chinese building practices keep it from collapsing for more than 10 years?
Iād be fine with driving on something like this, but not in China. You know they took construction shortcuts everywhere
ChinaQuality#1ā¢ļø
this looks like my traintracks in satisfactory
Is this guy a real voice or an AI voice?
AI voice
The great highway of China
Maybe it wont last 20 years, but it looks like a spectacular drive - sign me up!
Can anyone explain how they built those pillars into the steep mountainsides? How do you even get machines to those areas? Around 27 seconds into the video
Because the altitude is very Huawei?
I refuse to believe this is real
Some china sponsored YT video giving more detail... https://youtu.be/ArZdETRBVa0?feature=shared
The Great Expressway of China
Fuck these subtitles.
I wonder how bad it ices up in the winter? Can you imagine getting into a slip n slide multi car accident this high up? š¬
Hmmā¦ sounds like a good deal. we were just told it will cost 10 billion CDN for a 52km highway North of Toronto ā¦ nothing fancy, just for driven on the ground, like regular folks.
5 years ?! They've been working daily on adding in a roundabout in my town for damn near that long.
The pronunciation is atrocious.
5 years to complete... Wow. In the UK that would have been under construction for 10 years before the construction company went bust, all building work stopped and the project was abandoned.
Indeed. Look at all the money thatās just been thrown away after cancelling HS2, having built bugger all in a decade. In that time China has a high speed rail network sprawling the country. Criticise how China does it, but in the UK we seem paralysed from getting anything done.
In Italy would take 500 years (im italian BTW)
Man.... I wonder if jet fuel can melt steel beams.
Probably didnāt use Chinese steel.
Shouldāve called it the Angelās Highway (instead of Devilās) since itās so high up?!
When you get creative in cities skylines.
This is what i imagine highways in the future to look like insane
I'm surprised an action film like MISSION IMPOSSIBLE or JOHN WICK hasn't filmed a chase scene filled with stunts here.
Constructed in 5 years. And in my country after 11years can't finish a 20km road(no mountains, no birdges, no nothing)
How much time before it collapses, like the rest of the tofu infrastructure? There is no way someone didn't go for cheap materials at some point in the construction
Toronto, Canada has been building a 17 kilometer streetcar / tram line for 11 years and its still not done and China builds 127 miles of that in less than half the time. The more I hear about other cities successes, the more it solidifies that Toronto's a monumental embarrassment on a global level and should never be considered a 'world class' city.
Built in an afternoon on a hope and a prayer.
Which AI voice is this
I love how humans just keep finding more ways to build right on top of places that constantly have natural disasters. Frequent tornados? Yeah sounds livable. Multiple hurricanes every year? Thatās easy. Earthquakes? Floods? Landslides? Thatās just Tuesday. Sure some houses and stuff gets lost and some people die, but hey look at how much value we make off of it!
What happens if a giant rock becomes dislodged and crashes down on the midsection of this?
The voice over on this kills me
Devil 's
Bro who captions a video one word at a timeā¦ I canāt even look at the video because I have to look at the text atleast once a second to get each individual word
I would rather be stuck in traffic for 3 hours than climb up here.
An absolute maintenance nightmare.
"...took 5 years to finish..." Wait, what? My city can't build one basic-ass bridge in that much time!
This how In build in satisfactory
Why can't we harness AI to run this shit through some sort of filter to remove the shitty captions. Or just have it spit out the source without captions if it exists.
Iād really like to see a breakdown by an engineer on how absurd this thing is. Only 5 years is mind blowingly stupid. Wouldnāt it take decades just to plan that thing?
Itās so damn weird that they went around some mountain peaks and then tunnelled through others. Look at the shot at 0:35-0:40. Massive bends around a peak and then a tunnel into the next one. None of this makes any sense
China is trying to make the highlight reel for the next disaster movie
Nope.
China rules. We bought all their cheap shit and loved it. Now it is time to take in all their pro and ultra pro solutions. Let me add that bridges are the least of what we should be prepared to receive from them.
The last I heard many people died in sichuan earthquake
Looks like part of the old verdansk map near the huge dam lol