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Extreme Engineering: Old Charleston Bridges Video

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Extreme Engineering: Old Charleston Bridges
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The old bridges of Charleston, SC are accidents waiting to happen. Learn about the challenges for both ships and cars, and how engineers plan to solve them, in this clip from "Extreme Engineering" on Discovery Channel.
Added:
Dec 21, 2009
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133
Duration:
02:07

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