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Originally Posted by TimT
I forgot to mention, the Verrazzano has a robust protection system around the towers.. basically tons of riprap around the tower base/pier caps..
Though I wonder if even that is enough...The impact energy of a 100,000 ton ship going 8 knots hitting an object at 90 deg is like a really big hard to comprehend number
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When they built the Ravanel bridge in Charleston, they have big islands around each tower base. But as you mentioned, is that enough?