Recreating REAL BRIDGES in Poly Bridge 3!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2023
- Poly Bridge 3 (pb3) is finally here, and with 10 years of professional civil engineering experience, who better than to take you though the brand new poly bridge game!? This time I recreate three real American bridges in Poly Bridge 3!
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More irl bridge episodes, please. You underestimate your capacity for Pseudo-educational material, RCE. Legit, you fully nerding out about your favorite bridges is some of the most genuine content you've put out there.
I would love to see him recreate the Brooklyn Bridge or one of the Chicago bridges they used in the Dark Knight
Could not have said it better. It is nice to have someone with actual knowledge that you can listen to. Especially when having a scientific background yourself
aghreed
Yes! I think it would be a good choice if he did some dedicated educational videos about roads and stuff like that, like what he used to work on!
I would add re-creating real cities (or downloading the maps) and then fixing their problems in Cities.
matt's content never disappoints 🔥
First on a TH-cam comment is the greatest moment of my life.
Wtf
mmmh, what the fuck are you doing here ? Bot ?
how
True and factual
Nice !
Considering the golden gate :
Given the size of the spans, I'd say that the side spans top "cable" (that you made out of steel) should be a lot less curved. They actually have a way greater role in tension to support the central span than to support the side spans.
You can see that when pressing play, it's actually not the weight that's limiting in the first place but the fact that the towers bend inwards due to poor bridge balance ^^
Considering the great gorge : making the arch rely on only one anchor point per side would probably work even better :p
Re: NRG - Yeah, it appeared the bridge functioned perfectly without the two pieces that broke, although I get wanting to make it truer to life.
Nice to see the New River Gorge Bridge from my home state of West Virginia again! It was, for a time, the longest arch bridge in the world! You did a good job of recreating it!
yooooo what county??
@@carlosbig2946 I live in Marion County
@@bladactania siiick. i’m from ritchie
Woo! New River Gorge bridge is an absolute feat of engineering. Massive bridge spanning a massive gap. There's an annual event called Bridge Day where they allow people to base jump from the bridge to the river below. There are also walking tours under the bridge so you can really get a feel for not only the amazing engineering and scale, but an incredible view of the surrounding areas.
I somehow missed the "base" part and thought go myself "well, isn't that a bit high to jump from?" lmao.
There's also world class white water you can raft underneath too with awesome views of the bridge from the water.
Yes! The view from the pathways beneath are incredible!
@@danbert8 I did the white water rafting as a kid and was blown away by the actual size of the bridge. I believe at one point it was the largest single span bridge in the world.
@@drew8148 It was, and I believe still is in the longest single span in the Western Hemisphere.
I'm really impressed that you legitimately got to the point where basically the only problem with your Golden Gate bridge was the roads popping from compression as the bridge settled.
Really happy to see one of these old-form videos where you're doing real bridge recreations!
maybe using springs to mimic the movement of a traditional expansion joint could have fixed that? I do wonder.
@@thr3308I thought the same
Or make gaps in road not sure if possible
@@Keschoo I figured he didn't want to make dangling roads because it's not part of the real one
@@anthonynorman7545 arguably it's *only* dangling roads
An interesting bridge to try and recreate: The Forth Railway bridge in Scotland, UK
Came here to say this
@@Amdir372 same
Its just known as the Forth Bridge.
@@jekanyikaIt's also know as the Forth Railway Bridge to avoid confusion between it and the Forth Road Bridge and Queensferry Crossing
@@FeathersTheTherizino8283 When the Forth bridge was named there was no risk of confusion as the other bridges hadn't been built.
I'd love you see you do the Mackinac Bridge. 6 miles long, IIRC. It takes multiple years to repaint it, so when they're done painting, they start over immediately.
4.995 miles, to be exact, and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the western hemisphere.
I'd love to see some fictional bridges to sort of test the work of the artists who designed them.
This sounds fun!
Good idea 👍
default hydroneer bridge must make an appearance
@@schwig44 that's actually such a killer idea
Put those architects to the test!
Amazing! My wife and I drove over the New River Gorge bridge earlier this year and it is both awesome and terrifying. I learned that I like being able to see the bridge structure as I'm driving over it 😅
Love ya Matt, great video!
It’s a work of art
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay is a great bridge!! :) One thing to know is that it is actually really long and pretty steep in real life. It's also pretty tall as it has to be tall enough for large ships to go underneath (theres multiple ports in the bay). A drawbridge wouldnt have worked because this road is a very busy highway. This bridge is actually the second version, the first was hit by a cruise ship that was probably too tall at high tide. Loving the appreciation for engineering in my hometown :)))
The original Sunshine Skyway Bridge was struck by the Bulk Carrier MV Summit Venture. The harbor pilot struck the piling near the center part of the west span during a surprise squall. The collision collapsed a 430 meter section, and eight vehicles were dropped into the bay, including a greyhound bus. 35 fatalities, 1 survivor. This was 1980. The current bridge was completed in 1987.
I was hoping to see some fellow Tampanians. Hell yeah!
I have quite a few memories crossing the current bridge. I was pleasantly surprised to see RCE re-create it. It certainly is an amazing bridge to drive over and of course, every now and again, some yahoo decides to climb the cables... I wasn't expecting to see it featured on here.
That last bridge was a beauty, both the original and your recreation. I'd like to see the Erasmus bridge. It's the most famous Dutch bridge, and also from my home town 😁
Damn I didn't know Cable-stayed bridges and Suspension bridges were different!
Both interesting, entertaining, and educational! Would love to see more videos like this!
That was cool! I think one interesting bridge to recreate is the Dom Luis I bridge in Porto, Portugal. It's a double decker iron bridge designed by Théophile Seyrig from Eiffel & Co (Before the Eiffel tower)
I love that bridge, it's very refreshing to go there from time to time to chill while looking at the river. I'm lucky to live near-ish from this river.
Isso é que era!
In fact the new river gorge bridge reminded me of the “viaduc du garabit “, in France, also by Eiffel co.
Do the Steel Bridge, Portland OR. The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic and light rail, making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. It is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world and the second oldest vertical-lift bridge in North America.
Some of the bridges going over gorges in the US are just insane. Two of my favorites from my childhood are the Glen Canyon Dam Bridge (Northern Arizona, at the root of the Grand Canyon) and Perrine Memorial Bridge (Snake River, Idaho, near Twin Falls). Honest to god, every time I see them I'm impressed by how graceful yet simple they are... and every time I go over them I'm surprised it doesn't just collapse 😅. It'd be a long way down.
NRG Bridge is a very excellent new American bridge. My favorite unsung bridge would be the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (not the tunnel bridge). A massive and multi-faceted construction with over 4 miles of total length, although only has a longest continuous span of 1600ft (488m). It's a wild experience driving over, and they have services for people who are too scared to drive themselves.
Yea that a cool interesting bridge I was also think about the key bridge that goes about the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
As someone who wanted to be an engineer but cannot do math, these videos are really comforting to watch! Please do more of these kinds of pseudo-eductional videos, you're fantastic at them :D
Other than the math classes at university, I thought you could get away with computer calculations as an actual employed engineer?
There's two old really cool bridges in Outlook, Saskatchewan that could be fun to recreate. One is a HUGE railway bridge that spanned a full kilometer 150 feet over the Saskatchewan river. It's closed down now, but standing on it you can look down and see BOB (Big Orange Bridge) a little way down the river with a very sexy 5-span Parker through truss made from bright orange steel.
Ahhh hello from Tampa! The sunshine skyway is so beautiful and scary. If you park for longer then 5 minutes there’s a police car at the bottom on either side and they will come see what you’re doing since so many people jump.
This was a cool idea! You should try Japan's Eshima Ohashi bridge. It's unbelievably steep and long.
i love that it just looks like a 5 year old planned it
You have to do the St Lois Eads Bridge across the Mississippi. It might not be the prettiest bridge, but we're not architects. It is so important historically for how long the spans were, how they built the foundations in the river, and using so much steel for the first time.
I just suggested it and tried to sell it based on the Metro station in the bridge plus the view of the Gateway Arch. I think it would qualify as a BILF.
Resident of WV here. We actually have a holiday on the third Saturday every October just called "Bridge Day" to commemorate the 1977 completion of the New River Gorge Bridge. Its always a good time with base jumping and rappelling off the bridge itself, along with lots of food and other misc events in the nearby towns, from cooking competitions to concerts.
Even as someone who has been somewhat desensitized to the bridge in a general sense from having grown up within driving distance, it still an awe-inspiring thing to see in person, whether its the first time or the 100th time.
i love seeing the IRL bridges. there are some really neat ones out there! it's fun to hear you talk through your process, going from the realistic engineering to gameplay engicreating is rather interesting.
These are my favorite poly bridge episodes. The challenges of poly bridge can be amusing, but I just like seeing good engineering and beautiful bridges at the end of the day!
Loved seeing the cable stayed bridge in action - seeing where the stress points are really demonstrates its effectiveness as a bridge design!
Awesome. I love going over the New River Gorge, always a pleasure. They have an annual festival where they close the bridge for half a day and pack it with pedestrians and vendors.
Can’t tell you how many times I rafted under or drove over The New River Gorge Bridge during my time at WVU. As you were making it I had to think if there were any other bridges like that or if i was biased. Awesome.
Do more! It’s so cool to learn the physics behind iconic infrastructure
As an engineer who is concerned about safety, why do none of the bridges you build include railings?
Costs too much
Budget
I grew up in Saint Petersburg, FL, I remember the accident that caused the original Sky Way bridge to collapse and the new one being built. You did it well sir. Great recreation.
Went to the New River Gorge last weekend for rafting and got to see that beautiful bridge in person!! It was so cool to see you make it in Poly Bridge!!
Really cool video thanks for this. Perhaps the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and the Point de Normandie (France) are interesting bridges to recreate.
I'm no engineer but it looks like the Erasmus bridge is a cable stayed bridge with a hydraulic part behind it
Now that Poly Bridge 3 is out we need a new Polylympics!
Absolutely loved this video, it's so enjoyable to watch you geek out about bridges you love! And for a future video I would love to see The Great Belt Bridge from Denmark! A real BILF in my opinion. It's also the longest suspension bridge outside of Asia, and the third longest in the world :D
The sheer happiness I felt when you said the cable-stayed was the Sunshine Skyway, lol. I live in Pinellas, near the bridge, and can appreciate it (and not be scared on it) now thanks to you, lol. There’s a lot of fear for things people don’t understand, and your bridge enthusiasm and knowledge has no doubt helped many-including myself-to overcome fears like the fear of bridges. So thanks.
Love these bridges. Would also love to see the Mackinac Bridge (pronounced Mackinaw), which connects the lower peninsula of Michigan or the upper peninsula. In fact, it is the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.
Yes, the Mackinac bridge would be quite cool to see!
I think on of the issues with the golden gate bridge is that you didn't use actual cable (and used steel to match the red instead) and isn't that a lot heavier? Also, the main beams in the GGB are super thicc. I think you could have made it work.
I would love to see you try make the great Seto bridge in Japan. It’s actually a sister bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s a very long bridge so you definitely can’t make most of it in the game but maybe just a small section. It’s a double decked bridge, for cars on the top and trains underneath. It consists of cable stay bridges, suspension bridges, a truss bridge and viaducts. I went across the bridge when I was in Japan, biggest and longest bridge I’ve ever been on and it’s very nice. My favourite part was going to the service station on one of the islands, the off ramp makes a fun spiral down to the ground and then on the ground you can just look upwards and it’s just massive.
I've by 2 of the 3 bridges you made today! That's crazy!! I used to go climbing at the new river gorge, and then I just moved away from Tampa last year! Been on both bridges hundreds of times
Nice to see some real bridges!
The new river gorge bridge really reminded me of the “viaduc du garabit “ in France, a big arch bridge VERY similar to the river gorge, and made by Eiffel
Also, a great example of a cable-stayed bridge is the “pont de Millau “ witch popped into my mind when you said it ( Another french bridge )
its the Millau viaduct and not a bridge
I’d love to see you feature the ANZAC bridge in Sydney Australia on here! Nice to see you return to the real life bridge content!
The New River Gorge bridge reminds me of another similar bridge. Though only 238 metres or 728 feet in length, the French King Bridge in Greenfield Massachusetts is something I used take a ride over during Autumn to see the sights and get terrified from looking over the railing. Aside from the dimensions of the bridges, the top of the French King Bridge to the bottom of the Connecticut river underneath is about 82 metres/ 270 feet deep. The height of the bridge is almost the same as the depth of the river.
Did you see Skoottie do this? Was decent, and I'd enjoy seeing you do Tower Bridge with a bus going over it (also hydraulics!) 😇
I knew I had just watched a video about this very thing. Poor Skootie only got 11k views
@@davidaugustofc2574 this got 4k
I want him to mention him 😢
These ‘coincidences’ happen often.
@@Slaithyte it already got 14k after 30 minutes.
this is copied, sadly.
WHERE WAS OUR SONG!
The Golden gate bridge is 2.7km long.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge is 6.7km long.
The New River Gorge bridge is 0.9km long.
These are some BBBs (big beautiful bridges)
This was a very fun video!
I'd love to see you build the Hell Gate Bridge in NY, it's a very old rail bridge that served as the inspiration for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Opened in 1917 with electrification from day one (though only 2 of 4 tracks to start with)
It's in need of some restoration today, but politics are preventing it from happening. It is currently in active use by Amtrak, CSX, as well as Providence & Worcester trains.
Day 7 of asking Matt to play Mindustry.
Same
yes please play it
Keep going. Please
Don’t. Just don’t. Ask once and let it go. Ffs
One Week!
Make the Quebec Bridge
Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark! A mastercraft of Engineering! Its not just a bridge but a tunnel and artificial island as well!
For the dutch bridges, can i request the “oversteek” in Nijmegen? Its build on the same place as where they crossed the Waal during operation market garden. There are 48 streetlights on the bridge, reminding people of the 48 fallen soldiers during the crossing. Its total length is 1195 maters long, but the main part is “only” 285 meters long. It is a arch bridge though, so good luck making it!
For the other 2 Dutch bridges, i would recommand the “Erasmusbrug” in Rotterdam (im curious if it will stand, since its kinda architecture) and the “Magere brug” in Amsterdam (good luck with the hydraulics!)
I live near the New River Gorge, they used to parachute off it for Bridge Day but some people got in trouble and we aren't allowed to do it anymore. That doesn't mean it still doesn't happen, just not as often.
Thank you for making the Sunshine Skyway bridge. Now design the old Sunshine Skyway bridge which collapsed in the 80s when a ship crashed into it
Thank you for doing the Skyway bridge! I’ve driven over the Skyway many, many, many times! The Skyway bridge is 430 feet tall from its highest point to the water. From road to water the Skyway is about 190 feet and it is massive.
Driving over the Skyway on a windy day is incredible, you can feel the bridge move and sway with the wind.
Recently a mesh netting was installed along both sides of the bridge from the point of the fall being deadly all the way to the other side.
The rate of people who would jump of the bridge to end things was so high that the net was petitioned and ultimately installed. The person who petitioned mainly for the installation of the net is actually someone I know personally. You can Google her name and Skyway bridge and find all sorts of articles about it. Tiffany Mills! She is the reason many lives have ultimately been saved due to the installation of the mesh netting.
I love driving over the Skyway. As a kid it always felt like driving up into the sky as the name suggests. I no longer live in Florida but still visit every now and again.
The Georgetown Loop Railroad’s high bridge has always been one of my favorites. All the bridges and trestles they built in the Rockies for the mines are kinda crazy. Plus, you can still ride a steam locomotive across it
this was really cool! as someone originally from Pittsburgh PA, a place known as the city of bridges, I would love to see you recreate some of those. maybe the Fort Pitt Bridge or the Fort Duquesne bridge or the Smithsfield Street bridge!
8:28 “And boats and planes”
Proceeds to add a blimp
Love this idea. Real world bridges in game is brilliant.
I would like to see the Bayonne Bridge. It's an arch bridge that spans between Bayonne NJ and Staten Island. (NYC)
Its sister bridge is the arch bridge in Sydney Australia.
Edit: There are a lot of nice bridges that connect the 5 burrows of NYC. As well as a few that span between NYC and NJ.
That is one gorge-ous bridge! Loved these episodes in polybridge 2 and this is just as neat in pb3. Please do more & layer in some educational content about the bridges and the engineering that goes into them!
I absolutely loved this. Hopefully he makes more real bridge episodes.
So nice to hear someone loves the New River Gorge bridge. You should have used a picture of it rising out of the mist and fog. That is a site to see I am telling you!
Thanks for giving the Skyway some love! I love driving over that massive thing. Nearly 200ft (60m) tall. Checkout what happened to the old bridge if you have time.
My fiancée took me to the New River Gorge Bridge when we went down too Bristol, Tennessee for my first ever NASCAR race. She is originally from West Virginia and she told me that every October they shut the bridge down so people can jump off the bridge, they call it Bridge Day. There is a little pathway where you can see the entire bridge and it’s a gorgeous view. Every time she drives over the bridge she gets very nervous because she’s scared of heights and the bridge is very high.
Sunshine skyway looks so shallow from the side but in person it feels so steep
I love when you do these kind of realistic, amazing bridges, would enjoy more of this
i loveeee going over the skyway bridge! so glad you did it!
"What is an architects dream is a hell for Enginers and Construction workers."
I used to live near Tampa and on occasion would go to the south side of the Skyway to do some fishing at night (If you don't know, the remains of the old bridge that collapsed was turned into fishing piers). I love the way the Skyway looks at night all lit up.
Love all the parks and rec edits!
as a mountaineer seeing our bridge i had to join as a patreon, drive across this bridge a few times a month and love it every time. come visit the USA third October of the year and you can see people jump off it.
Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany. Fun Fact about it: some sort of trend made couples attach padlocks with their names on it to the bridge's fence. Over the time, the weight of padlocks became so high, that the city needed to strengthen the bridge to prevent it from collapsing. Removing the Padlocks was no option, because they became a trademark of the city.
This takes me back a ways to real life bridges in older polybridges, those were simpler times.
I think you should build the Kessock bridge in Scotland. It’s not a massive bridge, but it’s one of the ones my grandad engineered :).
Loved the video as always mate thanks!
Interesting and iconic bridges in the UK: Forth Railway Bridge, Stockton Infinity Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Millennium "wobbly" bridge - and ones involving hydraulics: Tower Bridge, Newport Transporter Bridge, Heatherwick Rolling Bridge
Hey! You built my home bridge! I have personally base jumped off the New River Gorge Bridge quite a few times! Awesome to see you recognizing somewhere that is so close to my heart. Thank you, Matt!
This is an amazing episode, would love to see more :3
The New River Gorge is beautiful! I went to see it last year. They have tours where you can walk the entire span underneath it. Very cool!
I've always loved this series, seeing the real life bridges and explanations is so cool to me
You definitely need to do more real life bridges in this game. Really cool to compare the physics of the real life bridge to the game physics. Also you definitely need to do a few bridges from Pittsburgh, PA… It’s the city of bridges
I think I might like this more than the usual gameplay to be honest. Not as an "all the time new direction" from the silly challenges but IRL bridge recreation challenges sprinkled in for sure would be nice. It's still fun and entertaining but I feel like I'm learning something that only someone with your particular life experiences can put together. Keep it up.
Great video Matt, it’s cool seeing you build the bridges and explaining how they work
I've been to the New River Gorge bridge and it really is quite beautiful. Nice recreation!
It's good to see someone bring up WV. No one ever does! We literally have a holiday for this bridge.
We all want way more videos like this. Please keep this seiries up.
Not sure if it would work, but on the golden gate bridge, if the cables at either end where straight it might have held up better as you can see it is there it gives in :) Fun episode!
Living in wv and making frequent trips to the bridge it is an amazing peice of engineering. You can also visit an office near the overlook and take a tour of the bridge by walking on the catwalk under it. We also have a holiday called brodgeday where you can go watch people base jump off the bridge its super fun to watch.
The lions gate bridge in BC! Such an iconic bridge. There's even a company in the film industry that's a pretty common name in movies, especially at the start of movies that's named after the bridge!
Neat to see the New River Gorge bridge, I've been to it many times. Lots of hiking, white water, even base jumping! It's in a gorgeous location too. Worth a visit for sure if ever in the area. Pictures do not do it justice at all, the sheer size of it is incredible
The reason why your Golden Gate Bridge broke was because the PolyBridge curves are Bezier curves and not catenaries. The cable from which the suspensions are hung needs to be in it's natural hanging position. If it isn't it will move there and absolutely shatter everything.
You could try doing some Danish bridges, such as, the "Great Belt Bridge" (2690 meters, this one has an island in the middle), the "Little Belt Bridge" (there is a new "1700meters" and an old one "1178 meters", bridging the same waters)or "Farø Bridges" (1726 meters). They may not be as famous as some of the American ones, after all we are a small country.
Some smaller ones,
Vilsund Bridge (382 meters)
Guldborgsund Bridge (180 meters)
Great video! I would love to see you try to make Margit Híd (Margaret Bridge) in Budapest, Hungary
Eshima Ohashi bridge looks quite interesting, it being the world's steepest bridge. Not sure how well that will translate to Poly Bridge but still curious.
Thx for doing this again, loved the original series
That was sweet! If you do a part 2 would love to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge!
Literally love the editor “If you couldn’t tell by now, this is the Golden Gate Bridge” “REALLY?”
Man you are amazing, I'm also engineer and I love how you try to explayin everything, and I understand your opinion on architects, I have so much work bc of them and thiers crazy ideas
Now this is what ive been waitin for!
I know it may be shockin, but i dont actually care much for watchin ppl do puzzles, and that includes puzzle games; but i love love love takin those physics puzzle games and makin things in them like this :3
This is the only reason i will study engineering, for playimg this kind of games, dude this is awesome 😂😂
Love the recreating of bilfs! Gotta recommend the Sydney Harbour Bridge being Aussie.