World's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge: Rio Antirio

World's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge: Rio Antirio
Saturday, March 26, 2011 Earth Hour 2011


Special thanks to the administration
of the bridge for their valuable help.


Equipment:
- Canon 7D
- Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8
- Intervalometer Canon TRC TC-80N3
- Zacuto Z-Finder
- Manfrotto 055xprob
- Manfrotto 128RC
- Manfrotto 498RC2


Settings:
- 1.6 seconds exposure
- 2 seconds interval
- 400 ISO
- f/2.8 aperture
- Color Space: Adobe RGB


Audio:
- Audio editing in WaveLab 7 for MAC
- Sound FX from The Freesound Project & Hollywood FX Collection


Music:
- Rake The Forest by Armand Amar.


Editing:
- Converted to Apple ProRes 422 with MPEG Streamclip
- Edited in Final Cut Pro 7
- Rendered at 24fps, 1080p, exported to ProRes 422
- Transcoded to h.264 with MPEG Streamclip


For further info: info@alexandrosmaragos.com


Rio Antirio Bridge
Rio Antirio - Full Frame: Flickr


Watch also:
Acropolis Earth Hour 2010
Attica: Athens Citylapse


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About the Bridge

The Rion – Antirion Bridge is the longest multi-span cable stayed bridge of the World (2.252 meters). Its foundations lay on a seabed that reaches 65 meters of depth. This is a world record for a bridge as well as their diameter of 90 meters making of them the world’s largest bridge foundations.

The Bridge has been awarded 9 International Awards, among them:


Outstanding Structure Award 2006
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineer (IABSE)

Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures 2006
International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib)

Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award 2005
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
(First time awarded to a project outside the US)




National Geographic "Impossible Bridges: Greece"

In 2006 NGC traveled to the Rion-Antirion Bridge to find out how designers and engineers conquered a host of extreme environmental conditions, including an active earthquake zone, to realize a century-old dream of bridging the Strait of Corinth.


Visit: Gefyra.gr


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