35 masterpieces of infrastructure, the beauty of which everyone will appreciate
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/35-masterpieces-of-infrastructure-the-beauty-of-which-everyone-will-appreciate.htmlThere are many talented architects and engineers in different parts of the world who have implemented more than one ingenious solution that combines practicality with aesthetics. And looking at such masterpieces, you realize that they easily pull on a separate art form.
Below, see a selection of the best photos from the InfrastructurePorn subreddit, which consists of more than 225 thousand participants. The group is dedicated to the beauty of road interchanges, bridges and any other infrastructure objects. There is really something to see here.
Ecoduc (bridge for animals to cross the highway) over the A1 Highway, Veluwe, the Netherlands
Veluvemer Aqueduct, Netherlands
Archipelago infrastructure in Norway
Skytrain Airport Inside Jewel Changi, Singapore
A cell tower disguised as a cactus
In the city of Holland (Michigan, USA), the roadway and sidewalks in the center have a heating system that can melt 2.5 cm of snow in an hour. Plastic pipelines are laid under the road surface, through which warm water circulates
Sarthe Canal Bridge, Belgium
Eco-roads, railways, highways, roads, pedestrian paths. Breda, the Netherlands
Shalu Landscape Trail, Taichung, Taiwan
Viaduct de Millau-France
View of the 30-kilometer Hautribdijk dam in the Netherlands
Roundabout at the bottom of the ocean, Faroe Islands. A system of underwater tunnels connects the two islands
Brutalist style apartments in Camden, London
The village in Denmark
Delta (Delta Works), the Netherlands. The largest storm barrier in the world. It is considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world
Northern Lights from the top of the Makino Bridge
Electric trestle (suspended railway), Wuppertal, Germany
Storseysundet Bridge in Norway
Railway bridge on the background of Dudhsagar Waterfall (Sea of Milk), Goa, India
Metro station in Saint Petersburg
The intersection of three metro lines at the Place de L'opera in Paris
Transport interchange near Tokyo
Design engineers demonstrate the cantilever structures of the Forth Bridge in Scotland, 1887.
Cykelslangen (Bicycle snake), Copenhagen, Denmark
Another scale of infrastructure: salmon ladders in Sweden
Botanical Garden at Atocha Train Station, Madrid
Gordon Dam in Tasmania, Australia
Ring and bicycle bridge in the Netherlands
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
Pont de Normandy, France. Cable-stayed road bridge, one of the longest suspension bridges in the world
Beipanjiang Bridge crossing the Niju River in China at an altitude of 565 meters
Georgia has updated the bus fleet, adding electric buses to it
Bhumibol Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand
Solar power plants in the United States
The inertia damper of the Taipei 101 skyscraper. This is a device built into the structure of a building and designed to reduce the amplitude of its mechanical vibrations (protection in case of earthquakes)
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