The BEST episodes of Megastructures season 2011
Every episode of Megastructures season 2011, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Megastructures season 2011!
Take an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created as we focus on some of the world's modern-day super-human miracles of construction.
#2 - Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge
Season 2011 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/2011
To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.
#3 - Spaceport America
Season 2011 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/29/2011
Time was, if you wanted to leave earth, you needed a government ride. But in the very desert that helped give birth to the Space Age, Spaceport America will rise. The space version of an airport, it's a revolution in travel, with a revolutionary design to match. Yet the spaceport faces a world of hurdles. "Probably the most complicated project I've ever been on," says an engineer. The site sits in the middle of nowhere: no roads, no water, no power. And the spaceport won't be built unless a rancher controlling the land for a runway changes her mind.
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#4 - Ecoark
Season 2011 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/2011
Planned to be one of the greenest buildings in Asia, and possibly the world, the Eco Ark aims to be a glowing example of how to turn a problem into a solution. Its walls are made completely out of recycled material.
#6 - Sinking A Destroyer
Season 2011 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/2011
How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air Forces as they mount a sink exercise on a massive 4,250 foot long destroyer, to test their firepower and skill.
#7 - Deep Sea Highway
Season 2011 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2011
South Korea never constructed a submerged tunnel, but now tackles the challenge of building one of the deepest immersed highways on Earth. Designed for the fickle conditions of the Pacific, the giant tunnel must be both earthquake and typhoon proof.
#8 - Mega Breakdown: Train Overhaul
Season 2011 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/2011
Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into new products. In this business, nothing goes to waste
#9 - Super Rigs
Season 2011 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2011
As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as we rip apart the largest oil rigs on the planet to reveal the secrets of these amazing technological achievements… and discover if they can survive Mother Nature's most violent forces.
#10 - Super Copters
Season 2011 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2011
Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials strengthening the body - while keeping it lightweight. Using live action, re-creations, amazing archival footage and advanced CGI, we marvel at the creation of today's 'super copters' - extraordinary multi-purpose helicopters for the twenty-first century.
#11 - Heavy Metal Shredding
Season 2011 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2011
"I love what I do. I get to tear stuff up." Every day around the world, thousands of planes, trains, and automobiles get cut down to size for recycling. A jumbo jet costing a hundred million dollars becomes parts the size of beer cans in a matter of hours. An 18-ton steel rail car is attacked by some of the world's most expensive knives. And a fleet of automobiles dies a torturous death -the equivalent of an agonizing tooth extraction and an elaborate embalming ... all to process them for shredding and recycling. Finally, shredded metal is reborn as shiny new Land Rovers.
#12 - Mega Breakdown: Yankee Stadium
Season 2011 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/16/2011
After serving as home of the New York Yankees for over 80 year's, the iconic Yankee Stadium is set to be demolished. Join the Mega Breakdown team as they follow just what goes into demolishing this gigantic stadium in the heart of New York City.