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How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains the construction tricks

  • Written by Ari Perez, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Quinnipiac University
imageConstruction underway at China's Lingdingyang Bridge.Deng Hua/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Imagesimage

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