Comments on: The Lotus Bridge http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: James http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7640 James Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:50:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7640 The airport to the northeast corner of the island is really interesting. The terminal and gates are on the island, then there are two long taxiways on causeways to the runway on reclaimed land out int he ocean. The airport to the northeast corner of the island is really interesting. The terminal and gates are on the island, then there are two long taxiways on causeways to the runway on reclaimed land out int he ocean.

]]> By: Nicolas http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7608 Nicolas Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:54:39 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7608 Nice tower on the north island of Macau (the lotus bridge links mainland and the south island, which is in fact two separate island). Look a bit like the CN tower in Toronto... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=macau&ll=22.178980,113.538165&spn=0.026578,0.051533&t=k&hl=en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau Nice tower on the north island of Macau (the lotus bridge links mainland and the south island, which is in fact two separate island). Look a bit like the CN tower in Toronto…

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau

]]> By: Jim Meyer http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7603 Jim Meyer Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:14:29 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7603 Perhaps the straight-crossover idea doesn't work for pragmatic reasons, such as traffic backups. Or perhaps they want the nature of the bridge to highlight the metamorphosis in driving paradigm. Or maybe they just like something that's pretty. --j, a fan of pretty. Perhaps the straight-crossover idea doesn’t work for pragmatic reasons, such as traffic backups. Or perhaps they want the nature of the bridge to highlight the metamorphosis in driving paradigm. Or maybe they just like something that’s pretty.

–j, a fan of pretty.

]]> By: salguod http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7600 salguod Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:44:10 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7600 What's really odd to me is that it doesn't see that they'd need any crossed bridge at all. I mean, on the left side of the bridge it splits to opposite sides of a building, presumably to go through customs. So you loop and loop just to make sure you get on the correct side of a <em>building</em>, not the correct side of the <em>road</em>. What’s really odd to me is that it doesn’t see that they’d need any crossed bridge at all. I mean, on the left side of the bridge it splits to opposite sides of a building, presumably to go through customs. So you loop and loop just to make sure you get on the correct side of a building, not the correct side of the road.

]]> By: Keith T. http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7599 Keith T. Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:20:32 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7599 It occurs to me that the elaborate loop allows backup at the border gates to be held on the loops instead of on the bridge over the water. At least, that would make sense on the China side. According to the maps at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>, the Lotus bridge is built going to recently reclaimed land called Cotai. And according to the Wp article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotai_Strip" rel="nofollow">Cotai Strip</a> this land will be used to develop "the Asian Las Vegas". The bridge is no doubt intended to help make that happen. There is already access to Macau from the north (the three bridges north of this island connect to the northern part of Macau). Also note the very Western-European-looking developments on the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=macau&ll=22.201074,113.547821&spn=0.049373,0.086268&t=h&hl=en" rel="nofollow">north half</a>. It occurs to me that the elaborate loop allows backup at the border gates to be held on the loops instead of on the bridge over the water.

At least, that would make sense on the China side.

According to the maps at Wikipedia, the Lotus bridge is built going to recently reclaimed land called Cotai. And according to the Wp article on Cotai Strip this land will be used to develop “the Asian Las Vegas”. The bridge is no doubt intended to help make that happen.

There is already access to Macau from the north (the three bridges north of this island connect to the northern part of Macau). Also note the very Western-European-looking developments on the Placemark: north half / Google Earth.

]]> By: Lee Bennett http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7598 Lee Bennett Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:03:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7598 Stoopid. Why not simply cross the lanes of traffic with one bridging over the other...sorta like the <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/" rel="nofollow">iPod shuffle logo</a>? Stoopid. Why not simply cross the lanes of traffic with one bridging over the other…sorta like the iPod shuffle logo?

]]> By: Shawn Constable http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7597 Shawn Constable Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:40:10 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7597 What is this bridge for? Farm Equipment? It looks like Farmand for miles on each side. Am I missing something. Why would they build an elaborate bridge like this (3 lanes) for a small amount of traffic. Maybe Im to used to southern californias lack of roads. Also, it would really confuse me to come from the other side and then hit a round-about right away (assuming you would have to go the oposite direction on the roudabout. What is this bridge for? Farm Equipment? It looks like Farmand for miles on each side. Am I missing something. Why would they build an elaborate bridge like this (3 lanes) for a small amount of traffic. Maybe Im to used to southern californias lack of roads.

Also, it would really confuse me to come from the other side and then hit a round-about right away (assuming you would have to go the oposite direction on the roudabout.

]]> By: Shawn Constable http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7596 Shawn Constable Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:36:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7596 Is it just me or is this a very elaborate bridge-to-nowhere. Is it just me or is this a very elaborate bridge-to-nowhere.

]]> By: Shawn Constable http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/14/the-lotus-bridge/#comment-7595 Shawn Constable Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:36:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=667#comment-7595 Its is just me or does it look like a very elaborate bridge to nowhere? Its is just me or does it look like a very elaborate bridge to nowhere?

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