0:00 But bro, look at that mountain. Dude, you have to think about landslides could happen. Are you crazy? >> That thing looks like you put a ████ yodeler in the middle. The echoes will crush that ████ >> Yod. >> Welcome back to another episode of the Careful Boys. >> What kind of episode? >> A very Chinese one. >> Oh, >> and you already know when we go Chinese, it's it's one of two ways. We either love them or most of you don't. >> I think we all love them, don't we? >> Have you guys heard of the Hongchi Bridge? >> Oh, that sounds >> It sounds like a lot of Asian bridges to me. >> Okay, so this bridge was a very very ambitious bridge that was it's like epically huge type ████ Uh >> like they're trying to connect too much ████ >> It was completed earlier this year. Uh
0:51 it's part of a highway that links Sichuan and the nation's heartland within Tibet. So, >> it's massive. I actually know about this one. It's It's a massive bridge. >> Massive. However, it collapsed. >> Oh, was that an explosion? >> Months after opening. >> Oh no. >> This happened. >> Oh ████ >> What? >> Months after opening. >> Oh my god. >> Oh, dude. >> No. >> That's crazy. Wait, was it a landslide? >> We 2500 foot bridge >> and just gone. >> Wait, did is it a landslide or what is it? >> So it it was a landslide on one side of the mountain >> and then it crashed into the bridge >> and the weight of it hit that bridge and so it's partially partially broke. But
1:42 this is like >> I'm talking this was like a ambitiously huge project. >> Uh and months later boom. >> It's not totally toasted, right? The bridge mostly survived >> the mostly. Yeah. But at the same time, like, bro, >> we got to start all over on the other side. >> No casualties. So that's, you know, that's cool. >> As a bridge expert, Anthony, is there anything they could have done to like prevent that if there was they knew there would be a landslide? >> If I wanted to be absolutely critical, if you knew that there would be a landslide, which I have absolutely no knowledge about this, but like wouldn't you do things like preventative fires? It's like brush fires, right? Oh, >> like what? Wouldn't you try to instigate a landslide or something before? >> Or just get rid of the mud >> or you know what I would do? >> If I was a Chinese company, I want to ensure that this lasts. I would hire American company to do it.
2:33 >> Oh jeez. >> That's what I would do. >> I would just short the bridge >> and make millions and millions. >> You would hire an American company to do it and then you would get sick insurance on it collapsing. >> Oh, >> why? >> And then you would collapse it. And then you would have a dermatologist appointment the day it collapsed even though you were at the bridge every >> Larry Silverstein. Shout out. Shout out. Let me let me see how much this >> But it wasn't because of the bridge was made poorly cuz that's what people think when they think China >> cuz nature's made so well [laughter] >> or nature likes to change its mind all the time. >> Yeah, dude. There's nothing you can do, right? A landslide where the bridge supports. >> You should have like some sort of >> like a geologic survey, right? >> Yeah, exactly. You go knowledge. >> Yeah. Like what happens >> for knowledge of what happens there? >> Yeah. Like, are there other bridges built along the same type of bridge? >> Or maybe that guy's a ████ rebel and there was like 20 people like, "Hey, I don't think it's a good idea." No, we
3:24 can do it. And then they >> he's like the Titanic sub guy. >> Yeah. >> Who's like, "You're all haters, bro. You're my ████ worst haters. Suck it, ████ Look at here's me in the Titanic c███." And then Yeah. Oof. He's ████ toothpaste now. >> Hey, were people still driving on there? Like >> no casualties. It >> wasn't open yet, huh? No, no, it had just opened, but at that time for whatever reason, >> like no casualties. >> I think there were like uh um landslide kind of things that started to happen. So, they shut it off >> so people can be there and then the disaster eventually happened. >> Oh, okay. Damn, that's a shame. >> And it took it took 19 months to construct this $ 1.3 million project. Wait, $1.3 million? >> That's hella sheep. >> The project is part of a larger estimated $400 million rerouting effort. I think the bridge itself >> that's ████ cheap. That's probably
4:14 why it didn't last. >> It was way too cheap. 1.3 million. Three. No. Like >> dude, >> a ████ bridge is made out of plaster. >> Whole thing's [laughter] drywall. It's >> made out of Anony's house. >> Like just take Anony's house, all the materials, and like let's make the bridge out of it. >> So you're saying my house is >> plus one million? >> No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm saying it's cheap. It's cheap. >> Jeez, dude. That's crazy. They just built a pedestrian bridge in [clears throat] Hawaii and I think that ████ cost like 10 million, >> bro. And you know what's crazy? That's 19 months of like actual real nons. >> Oh, incorrectly stating that it costs 1.3 before incorrect about other sources, but it doesn't say online anywhere how much it actually costs. >> 1.3 million. >> That can't be. That can't be. Like that's like one of the biggest bridges in history. >> Like my neighbor's house is worth that. >> It cost it cost more than that to clean the graffiti off Sixth Street Bridge, >> for example. Yeah. Other projects by
5:05 comparison, Hong Kong, Juhai, Macau bridge costs 18 billion. >> Yeah, dude. That sounds normal. >> That's more like it. >> Yeah. Bees, man. Bees for bridges. >> Or like Hondo Millie. Like don't give me this ████ >> Not for a millie. >> If it's not just a regular bridge, but it's like the world's one of the world's biggest. It's got to be in the billions. >> That means like two of us could finance a bridge and like [laughter] >> Which two? Which two? Which two? Which two? >> Or maybe cuz it's China. Because maybe maybe China got it locked down where it's like we just pay for the material. >> Yeah. Low ball only. >> Yeah. There's no way. It's incorrectly reported, but there's no nothing's online. It just keeps on talking about other bridges that cost >> That is so China just misdirection >> being like 240 million or something. >> I believe it if it was North Korea cuz they don't pay their people. >> Was there any other way from Shichuan to Tibet? >> I think it's just like a I think it's
5:55 just like a way longer around the mountains type ████ Oh, >> when they say the heartland of China, what exactly is that? >> Heartland of Tibet. [laughter] >> China. >> Heartland of Tibet to to what? >> So like uh Tibet is in China and then so like the the central like heart of >> Whoa, you just made a massively big statement there, bud. >> Well, Tibet got colonized by China. >> Yes, the Tibet autonomous region is an official autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. >> Yeah. Nice. Wait. So, so one side of the bridge is Tibet. The other one's Shichuan. >> And the other side is >> Oh, okay. Yummy fried chicken. >> Oh, yeah. That's good, too. Good chicken there. >> It's just food corner. >> So, this is this is the bridge before it's collapsed. >> I could have told you with my eyes it's not going to last. [laughter] >> Pretty thin. >> Yo, that looks like California. >> It does. >> That looks like if I was like heads or
6:46 heads or tails, guys. The minute the corner hit, the whole thing's falling [laughter] apart. >> Wow. Dude, >> that ████ looks thin as ████ dude. >> Yeah, it's thin, dude. It looks very efficient. >> Yo, where's the suspending ████ like the golden gate? >> That just looks like uh what's it called? Windmill power that's not turned on. >> Yeah, the turbines. >> To be fair, if the reason of its destruction is not just structural like you know inefficiencies, but like a landslide came and like broke. >> Hey, is it empty on the right side? Cuz >> it's not finished yet. It's not finished. Okay, >> but bro, look at that mountain, dude. You have to think about landslides could happen. Are you crazy? >> Mountain looks like you put a ████ yodeller in the middle. The echoes will crush that ████ >> But Teresa Tang, [laughter] >> dude. Legit. >> Yo, and [laughter] it's all dusty mountain, too. It's not even It doesn't even look like a sturdy mountain. It looks like a dusty ass like wind will
7:37 come and cover it up with ████ sand everywhere. >> Yeah, >> it looks like a quarry. It doesn't even look like a mountain, >> right? >> Damn, dude. >> And it looks like a ████ river would come through and then rise up and take down those little ass stilts. You think they should just charge the Tibetans for the repair? Probably. >> Well, they own them anyway. You like that ████ Anthony? [laughter] >> I know you do. >> Well, Tibetans didn't need bridges back then cuz they just astral project. >> There you go. >> Oh, yeah. >> Well, that's pretty cool. >> I don't know. >> Have you guys ever been to a Tibetan restaurant? >> I would like to try. >> You ever been to a a weaguer hut? >> No. No, but I met a weaguer person. >> I went to high school with a bunch of weagers. >> Oh. Oh god, dude. [laughter] >> They love Eminem. >> Oh man.
8:27 >> Like that? >> Are you serious? >> Yeah. A bunch of ████ wiggers, dude. Come on. >> Oh, >> get with it, will you? >> Innocent boy playing innocent boy. >> Yeah, he's playing it. >> Are they in Tibet? >> Yeah. [laughter] Innocent. Innocent Tibet's part of China boy playing one China. Innocent boy. Dude, that thing looks crazy. Are you serious? >> Yeah, dude. It looks like it's the whole thing is going to tip over. >> Do you think they got to like try and rebuild? Cuz h more than half of it still, >> you know, all the wire ████ >> Rebuild it. Rebuild it. >> Bridge simulator does a better job. >> All that wire ████ that [laughter] ████ Golden Gate Bridge, it doesn't have any of those reinforcements. There's no none of that ████ wire ████ >> Do you think those reinforcements will help in like a landslide that destroys one side of the bridge though? Hey, what's going to happen when you need to pull over though because you got car troubles >> on the bridge? >> Yeah, >> that's a huge question.
9:18 >> I think you just pull off the bridge >> because it's a thin ass bridge is what I'm saying. You're going to just >> cause traffic. >> What's that one bridge in San Pedro? >> ████ St. Vincent or Thomas or whatever. That ████ opens up that big ass opens up when the Queen Mary or whatever goes through. >> Crazy. >> That ████ can move. This can't even move. >> Huh? Queen Mary that's docked forever >> or whatever. The Queen Jerry. >> Queen Jerry. [laughter] >> Yeah, that that one. >> Well, they had to get the Queen Mary in there. >> Yeah, that thing ████ opens up. This thing can't even move. Looks brittle. Like ████ pocky sticks. >> I mean, I I mean, looking up Chad GBT, I said it is rare that bridges survive landslides. >> Yeah. And this one did. As much as we're clowning on it, like part of the bridge surv like most of the bridge survived. >> But still, that's whack. It is like normal that a landslide will take out a
10:09 part of the bridge. And a part of their planning is that it doesn't take the whole thing down. >> That it only damages a part. Yeah. >> What about instead of a bumper, >> you make a U. So you just go down the mountain and come back the other side. Then you don't got to worry about it ████ being suspended. >> ████ 4x4 their way all the way back. >> A freeway like a a down ramp and a offramp and an on-ramp. Yeah. But then what about the river? >> On ramp. [laughter] >> But there's a river. I don't Where is that fool going? this way. >> Been in San Francisco with your car. >> Exactly. >> So, it's got to go like this in order to go. >> Try to make a Hot Wheels track. >> So, what I'm trying to say is instead of making the bridge like this, go down where it's small, where the water's here, he's going to make a bridge this small. >> That's it. >> Yeah. But what if the water rises hella high? They got They got to go like this again. [laughter] >> You put a bunch of buoys underneath the road, dude. >> So, it floats up. Floats up.
11:00 >> You don't goes with the water. >> Yeah, buoys are cheap. >> Buoys are so cheap. Or, dude, we can go even cheaper. We'll get a bunch of life rafts. >> Shove them all in there. >> Yeah. >> Or a ferry. >> A ferry. You leave your car. Yeah, >> a ferry. See? >> Yeah. >> You could take your car with you. >> You know what's funny is like what? Why is there no tunnel? Like a tunnel could have saved them from the live landslide. >> Tunnel underneath >> cuz the tunnel would cave in. >> Yeah. Tunnel. >> He's saying make the bridge a tunnel. >> Yeah. Tunnel bridge. [laughter] >> That's a bad design, man. Then your car will stay shaded. >> I like Bart's idea. The U shape would be sick. >> Yeah. Oh, >> dude. We should all be civil engineers. Yeah, we should. >> Look at that. That got all that ████ wire ████ [laughter] It got the wire suspension ████ >> China's China's capable of making good bridges. >> Got a yodeler there. That thing's going to withstand the yodeller. >> This is the world's tallest bridge. And it also is 2 m long. >> And this is in China, >> dude. That's amazing.
11:50 >> Is this in China? >> This is in China. >> Well, how come they can do one thing so good so fast? [laughter] >> And that's that's the color that it is in real life or is it highlighted? >> No, it's not. It's a rendering, dude. Look, it's not finished on the other side. The left side. Oh, dog. Anthony, you did that to us. >> Literally into the mountain. Play the video. K. >> That's AI, dude. >> I'll render. >> Oh, yeah. Cool. >> You want me to play this video? Three, two, one, >> skip. World's tallest bridge towering twice as high as Eiffel Tower. Opens to traffic. >> Oh, that actually looks really nice. >> See, that looks good. >> Grand Canyon Bridge. >> Three years to complete this. >> That's what they call it. Wow. >> They call the Grand Canyon Bridge. What the heck? >> Well, they got Arizona iced te's, too. >> They're trying to adjust the Summerland freeway. It's going to take 2 years. Dude, tell me, >> Dude, that's so sick. You can put condos
12:40 up there. That thing is insane. Wa! There's an elevator. >> Wow. >> What is it? A tourist attraction as well. >> WA! NOW THAT'S how you build a bridge. >> How did they do that in the middle? >> I could tell with my eyes that's going to work. >> Cuz suspension, Anthony, >> the other one I could already [laughter] tell it's not going to work. >> We don't know ████ Hey, those mountains look sturdy, too. Those mountains don't look like dusty and ████ >> Plants. There's less landslides when there's >> They did the pre-lands already. >> And they have the suspenders on the bridge. >> If you don't got suspenders, your pants fall. Everyone knows that. >> Two-mile bridge that takes maybe like 5 minutes to cross. Cuts an hour and a half of traffic. >> Did you say it takes 5 minutes to cross? >> The two-mile bridge. >> Wow. >> That's how you got to build a bridge. China's just not consistent with their stuff. And then they built it on top of the mountain ridge. See that with my eyes? >> If you >> if you build it on top, the landslide's
13:32 on the bottom. >> You know what happened? It's because the Tibetans got mad at us for that video, so they got cursed. >> Oh. >> Oh, yeah. Astro projected the landslide. [laughter]
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