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 Rolling Across the Roof of the World In July 2006, the railroad linking China and Tibet opened for business, in what is likely to be one of the greatest geotechnical engineering achievements of the 21st century. James C. Cobb, Lanmin Wang, Edward W. Woolery, Zhenming Wang, Zhijian Wu Prevention Is the Best Medicine: Doing Site Evaluations to Prevent Geological Hazard Catastrophes Print
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THE COVER The Qinghai-Tibet Railway boasts more than 450 bridges as it crosses three major mountain chains and five rivers. The Sanchahe Bridge, pictured, is the tallest bridge on the railway at 54.1 meters.
Photo by James Cobb.
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