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By 2013 should be initiated to build a pontoon bridge in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. The construction must connect the island to the island of Gulhi Falhu & Vilingili. The bridge, already approved by the government, will be 330 m long and will be supported by steel platforms circular 4 m in diameter and hollow, like the "paws" to float. According to the architect Jorge Moura, Dutch office Royalhaskoning engineering and architecture, "the inspiration came from a small insect that has a small and lightweight and can float with their long legs and four that remain suspended in the surface tension of water ".
The bridge steel structure will have a one-way road and a bridge for pedestrians and bicycles. Will consist of sections 20m long with two platforms each, amounting to 16 pairs in all. To stay in position, each platform will be held by two cables attached to the seabed, which in some places can reach up to 66 m deep.
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