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How concrete can float beneath a highway

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When a lake is simply too deep for normal pillars, engineers just decide to make concrete float. They build massive, hollow, completely sealed concrete boxes, strap them together, and lay pavement across the top, hoping a tiny leak doesn't sink the highway.

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