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Can anyone add more info on the possible plans of contructing a tunnel and/or bridge across to the other side elsewhere? I am quite curious as to whether any steps have been taken to decide to build infrastructure links across the:
Anyone with inside knowledge on any of these? I've posted similar requests elsewhere. Gruesome Twosome! 8v // Big Adamsky 10:15, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
It would be useful for the article to mention the average and maximum water depths, and compare that to other bridges, and to the English Channel in the vicinity of the Channel Tunnel.
I noticed that there is only one photograph of the bridge in this article, and that one is from about 20,000 feet. I think this article would be well-served by another photograph at ground level.
I have what I think is an exceptional photo from an artistic and technical standpoint - taken 50m Rt of the base of the bridge - on the sandy beach on the NB side -a short stroll from the welcome center. The bridge appears just to go off into infinity into the horizon . The water is like glass. There is a wonderful cirrus cloud pattern overhead.
It's film -- not digital. I have an extra copy if one of the principal creators of this article is interested in maybe evaluating it for yourself, and if it meets with your approval, scanning it into the article. I'm willing to mail it to you. Hokeman 15:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
This passage:
needs a reference or citation. How can this be attributed soley to the bridge, when it has happened in communities throughout North America? -- 69.157.108.7 05:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't help but notice the toll for the bridge is CDN$40.50 for cars. I checked this to be sure and it is indeed true. This is staggeringly high; I would be furious if I lived on PEI and finally got a bridge to the mainland only to find out the astronomical price for a trip. Why is the toll so high? The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Portugal is a little bit longer (17km) and cost about the same to build (price just given as $1 billion, assume it's USD). The toll is €2.15, collected in one direction only. This is about $3.25! What a huge difference! Is there anything published that has said why the price was so ridiculously high and if there was any outcry?-- Analogue Kid 02:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I looked for a source to the claim that the confederation bridge had the highest toll in North America but I could not find anything. It's probably true but hasn't been reviewed. Charbon ( talk) 19:06, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
The map links in the bottom of the info box are not working but the ones linked from the lat/long link at the top right do work. I couldn't figure out how to fix them.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.215278,-63.745833&spn=0.3,0.3&t=h&q=46.215278,-63.745833 - works
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46%C2%B012%E2%80%B255%E2%80%B3N,63%C2%B044%E2%80%B245%E2%80%B3W&spn=0.015,0.025 - doesnt work
looks like the degree and other symbols are being sent in the url where they aren't understood by any of the mapping websites. I'm using firefox 2.0.0.3 -- Dave1g 07:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Why is this section in here? It doesn't really have anything to do with the bridge and more has to do with PEI itself.-- Crossmr 05:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
It should be mentioned that the French group Vinci built the bridge. I know it will hurt anglophones, but who gives a damn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.180.152 ( talk) 00:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I am removing the comment about the ranking of the bridge in terms of length, as per the note on the list of bridges by length.
"There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others are the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge. Since there is no standard, no ranking of these bridges should be assumed because they are at a specific position in this list. Additionally, numbers are merely estimates and measures in U.S. customary units (feet) may be imprecise due to conversion error." ( List of bridges by length)
The diagram makes it look more like a balanced cantilever structure. 82.46.109.233 ( talk) 21:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
@ Peter Horn: I reverted your addition of a wikilink to air draft and need a bit more room than the edit summary to explain. Air draft is a measurement of sea vessels incorporating their height above water plus their hull depth below water; it's not a measurement of bridge height. It's not accurate to say that the bridge's physical height above water is its air draft. According to the Transport Canada guidelines, vessels sailing under the Confederation Bridge must have a maximum air draft of 28 metres for the portions that are 40m above water, and 48m for the 60m navigation span. I'm not sure if we normally include those measurements in bridge articles. Ivanvector's squirrel ( trees/ nuts) 12:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Putting this CBC News source here re: renaming the bridge to Epekwitk Crossing, it might be useful. LilianaUwU ( talk / contributions) 18:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
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Can anyone add more info on the possible plans of contructing a tunnel and/or bridge across to the other side elsewhere? I am quite curious as to whether any steps have been taken to decide to build infrastructure links across the:
Anyone with inside knowledge on any of these? I've posted similar requests elsewhere. Gruesome Twosome! 8v // Big Adamsky 10:15, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
It would be useful for the article to mention the average and maximum water depths, and compare that to other bridges, and to the English Channel in the vicinity of the Channel Tunnel.
I noticed that there is only one photograph of the bridge in this article, and that one is from about 20,000 feet. I think this article would be well-served by another photograph at ground level.
I have what I think is an exceptional photo from an artistic and technical standpoint - taken 50m Rt of the base of the bridge - on the sandy beach on the NB side -a short stroll from the welcome center. The bridge appears just to go off into infinity into the horizon . The water is like glass. There is a wonderful cirrus cloud pattern overhead.
It's film -- not digital. I have an extra copy if one of the principal creators of this article is interested in maybe evaluating it for yourself, and if it meets with your approval, scanning it into the article. I'm willing to mail it to you. Hokeman 15:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
This passage:
needs a reference or citation. How can this be attributed soley to the bridge, when it has happened in communities throughout North America? -- 69.157.108.7 05:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I couldn't help but notice the toll for the bridge is CDN$40.50 for cars. I checked this to be sure and it is indeed true. This is staggeringly high; I would be furious if I lived on PEI and finally got a bridge to the mainland only to find out the astronomical price for a trip. Why is the toll so high? The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Portugal is a little bit longer (17km) and cost about the same to build (price just given as $1 billion, assume it's USD). The toll is €2.15, collected in one direction only. This is about $3.25! What a huge difference! Is there anything published that has said why the price was so ridiculously high and if there was any outcry?-- Analogue Kid 02:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I looked for a source to the claim that the confederation bridge had the highest toll in North America but I could not find anything. It's probably true but hasn't been reviewed. Charbon ( talk) 19:06, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
The map links in the bottom of the info box are not working but the ones linked from the lat/long link at the top right do work. I couldn't figure out how to fix them.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.215278,-63.745833&spn=0.3,0.3&t=h&q=46.215278,-63.745833 - works
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46%C2%B012%E2%80%B255%E2%80%B3N,63%C2%B044%E2%80%B245%E2%80%B3W&spn=0.015,0.025 - doesnt work
looks like the degree and other symbols are being sent in the url where they aren't understood by any of the mapping websites. I'm using firefox 2.0.0.3 -- Dave1g 07:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Why is this section in here? It doesn't really have anything to do with the bridge and more has to do with PEI itself.-- Crossmr 05:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
It should be mentioned that the French group Vinci built the bridge. I know it will hurt anglophones, but who gives a damn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.180.152 ( talk) 00:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I am removing the comment about the ranking of the bridge in terms of length, as per the note on the list of bridges by length.
"There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others are the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge. Since there is no standard, no ranking of these bridges should be assumed because they are at a specific position in this list. Additionally, numbers are merely estimates and measures in U.S. customary units (feet) may be imprecise due to conversion error." ( List of bridges by length)
The diagram makes it look more like a balanced cantilever structure. 82.46.109.233 ( talk) 21:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
@ Peter Horn: I reverted your addition of a wikilink to air draft and need a bit more room than the edit summary to explain. Air draft is a measurement of sea vessels incorporating their height above water plus their hull depth below water; it's not a measurement of bridge height. It's not accurate to say that the bridge's physical height above water is its air draft. According to the Transport Canada guidelines, vessels sailing under the Confederation Bridge must have a maximum air draft of 28 metres for the portions that are 40m above water, and 48m for the 60m navigation span. I'm not sure if we normally include those measurements in bridge articles. Ivanvector's squirrel ( trees/ nuts) 12:57, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Putting this CBC News source here re: renaming the bridge to Epekwitk Crossing, it might be useful. LilianaUwU ( talk / contributions) 18:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)