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[narrator] To keep maritime trade moving
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Engineering Catastrophes

To keep maritime trade moving, it rises more than 75 feet above the water. With a 750...

[narrator] To keep maritime trade moving, it rises more than 75 feet above the water. With a 750 foot long main span, bridging the busy shipping channel below It's a crucial part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
is a major inland waterway that carries
commercial shipping
all the way from the way from the Southern tip of Texas to Florida, without risking the open sea [narrator] Where the Causeway crosses the navigation channel, it relies on some heavyweight engineerin known as a continuous steel span. Rex Cosley is Deputy Distric Engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation Here's the beginning
of the 750 foot
continuous steel girder unit

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[narrator] To keep maritime trade moving,
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it rises more than 75 feet above the water.
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With a 750 foot long main span,
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bridging the busy shipping channel below
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It's a crucial part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is a major inland waterway
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that carries commercial shipping all the way from the way from
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the Southern tip of Texas to Florida, without risking the open sea
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[narrator] Where the Causeway crosses the navigation channel,
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it relies on some heavyweight engineerin
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known as a continuous steel span.
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Rex Cosley is Deputy Distric Engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation
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Here's the beginning of the 750 foot continuous steel girder unit.
Duration
52 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:46
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
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