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6 Episodes 2006 - 2006
EXTREME ENGINEERING brings more stunning works of architecture to audiences, showcasing the genius behind them; including the creation of the Hoover Dam Bypass Project, which includes the world's largest arch bridge, and the Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel, a tunnel project so complicated that it was started in 1992, only to be abandoned, before being restarted in 2006.
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 11, 2006 60 mins
Examining the design and construction of the South Ferry Terminal subway station in New York.
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 18, 2006 60 mins
Examining the design and construction of the Hoover Dam Bypass Project, which includes an arch bridge spanning the Hoover Dam.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 25, 2006 60 mins
Examining the remodeling of Terminal 5 at JFK International Airport for JetBlue Airlines. Originally opened in 1962 for TWA, it is being made over into a low-profile metal and glass structure providing 26 contact gates to handle an estimated 20 million passengers a year.
Episode 4
Wed, Nov 1, 2006 60 mins
The Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong, a cable-stayed bridge nearly a mile long spanning the entrance to the Rambler Channel.
Episode 5
Wed, Nov 8, 2006 60 mins
Construction of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, begun in September 2005 in Golden Gate Park using recycled and renewable materials.
Episode 6
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 60 mins
The Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel Project in southern Sweden, the world's most complicated tunnelling project, which was originally started in 1992, sealed and abandoned, then restarted in 2006.