This looks like a bridge… but it’s not.Karoline Qasem, PhD, PE, PMP, CFMIt’s actually a massive hydraulic gate in Japan designed to protec...

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This looks like a bridge… but it’s not.Karoline Qasem, PhD, PE, PMP, CFMIt’s actually a massive hydraulic gate in Japan designed to protec...
This looks like a bridge… but it’s not.
Karoline Qasem, PhD, PE, PMP, CFM

It’s actually a massive hydraulic gate in Japan designed to protect neighborhoods from flooding.
It’s impressive engineering, but also raises questions about long-term cost, reliability, environmental impacts, and how it compares to more conventional floodwalls or gates.

🎥 GiGadgets.

*𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦.
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