MegaStructures

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MegaStructures
Genre	Documentary film
Starring	None
Narrated by	Various
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	58
Production
Running time	1 hour
Broadcast
Original run	2004 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and Channel 5 in the United Kingdom.

Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects--but not ordinary construction products.

Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems of construction and the methodology or techniques used to overcome obstacles. In some cases (such as the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge and Petronas Towers) this involved the development of new materials or products that are now in general use in the construction industry.

MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first (such as Dubai's Palm Islands). This type of project is known as a Megaproject.

[edit] Shows

#	Episode title (alternate episode title)	Subject
1	USS Ronald Reagan	U.S.S. Ronald Reagan
2	Autobahn	Autobahn
3	Channel Tunnel	Channel Tunnel
4	Sears Tower	Sears Tower
5	Kansai International Airport	Kansai International Airport in Japan
6	Akashi Kaikyo Bridge	Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan
7	Itaipu Dam	Itaipu Dam
8	Petronas Towers	Petronas Towers in Malaysia
9	Inside a Super Casino	The Borgata, Atlantic City
10	Golden Gate Bridge	Golden Gate Bridge history, maintenance and retrofit
11	Alcatraz	An inside look and history of Alcatraz
12	Inside The Pentagon	The Pentagon
13	World's Busiest Port	Port of Singapore
14	Tau Tona - City Of Gold	TauTona, the world's deepest gold mine
15	Las Vegas	Las Vegas
16	Black Gold (Oil Mine)	Oil sands recovery in Canada
17	Diamond Diggers (Ekati Diamond Mine)	Ekati Diamond Mine
18	Sea Launch	Sea Launch
19	North Sea Wall	Netherlands Delta Works
20	Dubai's Palm Island (Impossible Islands)	Palm Islands in Dubai
21	Indy Motor Speedway	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
22	Port of Rotterdam (Super Port)	Port of Rotterdam
23	Air Force Transport (Mega Plane)	C-5 Galaxy
24	North Branch Correctional Institution (Hi-tech Prison)	North Branch Correctional Institution
25	Airbus A380 (Air Bus A380) (World's Biggest Airliner)	Airbus A-380
26	USS Virginia	U.S.S. Virginia
27	Ultimate Vegas Casino (Ultimate Casino)	Venetian Hotel Resort Casino
28	Ultimate Roller Coaster	Kingda Ka
29	NORAD (Spy Fortress)	NORAD
30	Berlin Train Station (Berlin's Grand Central)	Berlin Hauptbahnhof
31	Boston's Big Dig	Big Dig
32	Ultimate Oil Rigs	Oil rigs
33	Baikonur Cosmodrome	Baikonur Cosmodrome
34	Millau Bridge (World's Tallest Bridge)	Millau Viaduct in France
35	Mega Ship	Supertankers
36	Berlin Wall	Berlin Wall
37	Megabridges: Greece (Impossible Bridges: Greece)	Rio Antirio Bridge
38	Megabridges: Denmark to Sweden (Impossible Bridges: Denmark to Sweden)	Oresund Bridge
39	Hoover Dam	Hoover Dam
40	Inside NCIS	The NCIS
41	Garbage Mountain	Puente Hills Landfill
42	Machines of War: Tanks	Tanks
43	Supertanker	LNG carrier
44	Machines of War: Missiles	Missiles
45	Science of Steel	Steel
46	Megafactories: Apache helicopter	Apache helicopter
47	Machines of War: Guns	Guns
48	Panama Canal (Panama Canal Unlocked)	Panama Canal
49	Science of Brick (Science of Bricks)	Bricks
50	Science of Concrete	Concrete
51	Megafactories: Ferrari (Ferrari)	Ferrari
52	Money Factory	U.S. Treasury
53	Megabridges: China (Impossible Bridges: China)	The Lupu, Runyang and Sutong bridges
54	Ultimate Sub (Mega Sub)	Future submarines
55	Ice Hotel	The Ice Hotel in Sweden
56	Iceland's Big Dig (Rockeaters)	Big Dig (Iceland)
57	Super Pipeline	Oil pipeline from UK to Norway
58	Deep Sea Drillers	Drilling ships
59	Ultimate Chopper	EH101