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Future Project: Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid

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The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid is a futuristic project proposed for construction over the Tokyo Bay in Japan.  The proposed structure is a pyramid that would be about 14 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and would house 750,000 people.  The structure would be 730 meters above mean sea level and will include five stacked trusses, each with similar dimensions to that of the great pyramid of Giza.   One major foreseeable constraint is that due to the size of the proposed structure, it will not be possible to construct it with currently available material. The design depends on the future availability of super-strong lightweight materials based on carbon nanotubes.

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Project Spotlight: Hangzhou Bay Bridge

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The longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world, the Hangzhou Bay Bridge is an S-shaped stayed-cable bridge with six lanes in both directions that shortens the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 kilometers. The 36 kilometer long bridge required a great number of new techniques, new materials, new equipment and new theories due to the large scale and design of the project. It took close to 600 experts and a total of nine years to design the bridge. The Hangzhou Bay Bridge is expected to boost the economic development of the Yangtze River Delta, also called the Golden Industrial Triangle. Work on the bridge began in June 2003 and was completed in June 2007. The bridge was opened to the public in May 2008 and carried about 50,000 vehicles per day in its first year of operation. The total project cost was approximately $1.5 billion.

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