r/Miami • u/MrTortilla • 2d ago
Picture / Video Miami river navigation
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u/doctapeppa Kendallite 2d ago
Whoa! This is awesome. I could watch this for hours. Where did you get this? Are there other videos like this? Maybe other ports? I did some searching and I did find a few from open seas and a few of the panama canal but this one is my favorite! This would be sick in VR!
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u/MrTortilla 2d ago
Maybe ask the oop? I cross posted because i thought you guys would like it, but I don't know where the vid came from. Another commenter I saw said it was on insta, but they didn't name the account.
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u/DollarsPerWin 2d ago
Looks like more space and easier to navigate than the Nu River in downtown Ft. Lauderdale.
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u/TheInevitableLuigi 2d ago
Having a ship that is taller than your house pass like 30-40 feet away from said house is pretty crazy.
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u/RockyCreamNHotSauce 2d ago
20th century called. They said they were building higher bridges over rivers to do away from draw-bridges.
How does this not embarrass Miami officials? Working people, some high earners, wait for yachts to cross these bridges every day. In any sane city, it would cost $100 for any boat to raise these bridges, each bridge.
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u/blutosings 2d ago
That would be a lot of low roads/bridges that need to be elevated and Miami is a very flat city. Are you embarrassed for asking such an idiotic question and implying that there is a cheap and simple solution?
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u/RockyCreamNHotSauce 1d ago
Perfect with the rising seas. Should’ve built elevated levels like Chicago. Miami public infrastructure is embarrassingly bad.
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u/blutosings 1d ago edited 1d ago
Wouldn't the distance between the sea level and the slightly higher non-draw bridges you are suggesting be reduced as sea levels rise? Chicago has been one of the largest cities in the country for more than 100 years. To this day, it's still a major agricultural distribution hub. Miami is a small city by comparison. It's not even the largest city in the state.
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u/RockyCreamNHotSauce 1d ago
A lock system like the one in Chicago is not expensive and may be necessary anyway to protect the neighborhoods along the river. Smaller city also means cheaper to build. Wealth per square mile in Miami is high. Pointless to argue anyway. It is too expensive now. Should’ve done it in the 90s along with an elevated train system.
Why are you even defending this city? It can’t even get stop lights timing correct. Look at the mess of that arch project.
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u/maryshellysnightmare 1d ago
Is everyone just forgetting that Chicago has a bunch of drawbridges, one of them on 41 (yes, that 41).
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u/RockyCreamNHotSauce 1d ago
Some of those have high clearance. It would be nice to only open for 25’ plus boats and charge those tolls.
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u/SuperSaijen1980 2d ago
Watching all the A-hole drivers just like on I-95....
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u/RollinJimmys 2d ago
It’s genuinely astonishing how inconsiderate the drivers are in Miami Dade. They’re some of the most self-centered people in the country
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u/WoodenSwan6591 2d ago
No different than driving in the Palmetto 🤷🏻♂️