How do engineers account for continental drift when building bridges and tunnels?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge
> The two towers were originally 1,990 m (6,530 ft) apart, but the Great Hanshin earthquake on January 17, 1995 (magnitude 7.3, with epicenter 20 km west of Kobe) moved the towers (the only structures that had been erected at the time) such that the central span had to be increased by 1 m (3.3 ft).
I’m not sure what would’ve happened if the bridge had already been completed when the earthquake occurred.
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