tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43372227834061841812011-11-27T16:35:21.245-08:00indonesia'slinnaeus14http://www.blogger.com/profile/13209919350117910880noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337222783406184181.post-3113299125431841712007-10-27T21:04:00.000-07:002007-10-27T21:14:03.292-07:00One of the most earthquake (with up to 8.5 on the Richter scale) prone areas on earth,<br />Indonesia, is planning to build the world's largest suspension bridge in order to connect their islands<br /><br />Sunda Strait bridge will be at least 29 kilometers(18 miles) between Java and Sumatra.<br /><br />feasibility cost = 10 Billion USD until 2009 and 2010<br /><br /><br />According to Professor Wiratman Wangsadinata, the planned bridge will be around 200 kilometers from the "subduction zone" where the Australian and Asian plates come together.<br /><br /><br />Pri Hariadi, from the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, thinks Wangsadinata makes the right assumptions, saying: "I believe that [an earthquake] will not pass the 8.5 record."<br /><br /><br />http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=97271<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4337222783406184181-311329912543184171?l=worldssuspensionbridge.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>linnaeus14http://www.blogger.com/profile/13209919350117910880noreply@blogger.com0