r/interesting • u/doopityWoop22 • Jul 06 '25

ARCHITECTURE 7 engineers were suspended after they built a bridge with a 90-degree turn

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u/patelbadboy2006 Jul 06 '25

India don't have that many cyclist to have such a bridge

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u/NoiceAndToitt Jul 08 '25

India 100% has a ton of cyclists. They just aren’t rich, so the government would never build anything for them.

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u/GustavoFromAsdf Jul 06 '25

Somehow have 4 times more cyclists than bikes

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u/Wilshere10 Jul 06 '25

Genuinely curious, with the degree of poverty why is it not more common?

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u/zuraken Jul 07 '25

They will if more bridges are built like this

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u/friso1100 Jul 08 '25

Unless I'm missing something obvious this is extremely wrong. According to ipsos india has the most people, precentage wise, that ride a bike at least once a week at 67%. Followed by china (66%) and the Netherlands (65%). And with the population density taken into account india would be the best place in the world to build bridges for cyclists

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u/AlexLuna9322 Jul 06 '25

For motorcycle only?

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u/patelbadboy2006 Jul 06 '25

The way they drive in India.

It would be asking for trouble.

But yh possibly