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What is the most efficient way to move the entire Golden Gate Bridge 17 inches to the left (in relation to its surroundings)? You can also choose to move it to the right if that makes it easier. This is not a trick question.

--gal

The Question

[Zirnike]

Basketball... All those nude women should be wrestling!

Bridge: (ref: http://www.thoma.com/thoma/ggbfacts.html) Um, most efficient in what way? Easiest? That would be placing a nuclear weapon just slightly offset so the average of the components of the bridge will move as appropriate...

It would actually be easier to move it, say, 1.5 times the width of the bridge than 17 inches... But if you had to, I'd add a metal structure next to each support column, angled slightly. (don't know the depth, tha

$$$$$exyGal is great. She gives us choclate cake!

[moncyb]

Always happy to see a $$$$$exyGal JE! :-)

Painted - is it art, pr0n, or both? :-9

Assketball - I'd like to dunk my ball into those baskets! ;-)

The bridge question...ummm...put me in front of the bridge. Let me read a SexyGal JE. Presto! Bridge has moved at least 17 inches! ;-)

Okay, that was a joke. I don't know the answer...

Moving the bridge #1

[waferbuster]

The question isn't how to move the bridge... it's whether there really is a bridge.

Moving the bridge #2

[waferbuster]

With the bridge clearly displayed, gently lift the monitor and move it left or right about 17 inches. Alternatively, some quick select and move in photoshop can result in a very nice wait, you mean the *real* bridge?

Moving the bridge #3

[waferbuster]

Answer #3: This is a tougher method... get some of those shaker trucks used for seismic surveying, synchronize their pulsations to match the resonant frequency of the main span in the horizontal axis. and watch it move "Galloping Gertie" style. Do a google search if you don't recognize the reference. There's lots more than 17 inches of displacement visible

Note that this method makes travel across the bridge very hazardous, and if done to excess will result in loss of structural integrity. This really

MekkaB, Bridge M.D

[mekkab]

Yes, being a MEdical Doctor of bridges comes in handy.

SInce we ALL KNOW that the bridge is a suspension bridge, it is simply a matter of delicately tilting the suspension-y part. To accomplish this, it is regular practice in the bridge building industry to ram the fuck out of the supports with giant, nuclear powered barges. This would be affective for up to 16.5 inches. For that last half inch, you are shit out of luck (as we say in the industry).

Bridge moving

[SiliconJesus]

You stated that you wanted it move 17" relative to its surroundings. The easiest method is probably to wait for the next earthquake, and let Oakland and San Francisco move 17" to the left / right of the bridge. Another good 8.7 should do it :)

Moving the bridge

[fname]

Maybe this is too obvious, but it seems like the best method would be to fill up one half of the bridge, and empty the other half. If you want to move the bridge 17 inches in one direction, pack the northbound lanes and empty the southbound lanes. I imagine that since it's a suspension bridge, there will be a little give. Won't move the whole thing seventeen inches, but the middle of the bridge might.

Re:Moving the bridge

[fname]

Better yet, figure out a way to generate a steady wind. Wind blows, bridge deflects. I'll leave the math to the CivE majors.

Moving the bridge

[big_gibbon]

Wait for a second, or however long it takes that point on the surface of the Earth to move 17"?

Bridge moving

[WinterSolstice]

Hmmm, I think the best way would be with a bulldozer. Simply move the surrounding area 17" to one side of the bridge... -WS

How to move he bridge

[jon787]

Drop one of them MOABS on it, for atleast a few seconds the atleast part of the bridge will 17" to one side :)