Infinity Bridge
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This puzzle is all about bridges. Solve the puzzle and you will be rewarded with the coordinates of Infinity Bridge where the cache is located.
Salt Lake City's beautiful Infinity Bridge is a hidden treasure where legendary and mystical powers are centered, sharing multiple vectors of reality with Yggdrasil Northwest and Solsbury Yggdrasil. The bridge is a trans-dimensional multiplex, spanning the totality of infinity and standing at its center places one at the Locus of all Existence where the entirety of space and time are focused at a single location. You may want to bring a camera!
Following are 10 clues to help you identify worldwide bridges. Answer the question pertaining to each bridge. The answers to the questions are numbers and adding those as described later will have you out the door and following your device to Infinity.
Bridge A Clue: ♫ Hello, lamppost ♫
Bridge A Question: Which of the following images do you see about a mile from the center of the bridge in satellite view? Supply the red digits of the North coordinate of the site: (Hint - In Google Earth, be sure to set the coordinate format to the one we are familiar with: Tools/Options/3D View/Show Lat-Lon/Select "Degrees, Decimal Minutes"). Also be sure "Borders and Labels", "Places", "3D Buildings", "More" and "Terrain" are checked for best results.
A = N ##° ##.###
Bridge B Clue: In the novel I'm currently reading, Earth is known as Blight Insular Three. The novel begins and is partly set in the same European city as the downtown bridge very near the building in the image below and which leads to an island:
Bridge B Question: At about the center of the bridge on the pedestrian railing, and clearly visible in Street View, are two significant objects. What color are they?
Red (B = Bridge length in metres / 2)
Green (B = Bridge length in metres / 4)
Blue (B = Bridge length in metres / 10)
Gold (B = Bridge length in metres / 5)
Black (B = Bridge length in metres / 6)
(Use Wiki to determine the length)
Bridge C Clue: On campus, you would likely utilize this bridge when walking or cycling from here:
To here:
Bridge C Question: Less than a mile from the bridge, find one of the following images. Supply the red digits of the West coordinate of the site:
C = W ###° ##.###
Bridge D Clue: One of the world's longest bridges according to Wiki is in Brunei and passes through two pulau-pulau.
Bridge D Question: Supply the red digits of the North coordinate of the passage site (where the bridge passes between the two pulau-pulau):
D = N ##° ##.###
Bridge E Clue: Between this bridge near a famous Ferris wheel:
And this downriver (7 miles straight distance) not-quite-a-bridge:
You will find this complexity:
Bridge E Question: Supply the red digits of the North coordinate of the above complex bridge:
E = N ##° ##.###
Bridge F Clue: The not-quite-a-bridge pictured in the previous question has a function similar to the Great Salt Lake pumps (which may be needed again when water is pumped in from the Pacific Ocean ☺).
Bridge F Question: According to Wiki, how many total times was the not-quite-a-bridge facility operated in 2013-14?
F = Number of times
Bridge G Clue: The crosswalk in the center of the image below is one of the most famous sites in London. With a bit of a stretch, it could be considered a virtual or two dimensional bridge.
Bridge G Question 1: For locals, the crosswalk evokes a certain animal. How many letters are in the animal's name?
Bridge G Question 2: In what year was the site made famous?
Bridge G Question 3: Supply the red digits of the North coordinate of the site: N ##° ##.###
G = G1 + G2 + G3
Bridge H Clue: I finished the previously-mentioned novel in which Earth is known as Blight Insular Three. In my current read, A Choice of Gods by Clifford Simak, the vast majority of the Earth's population instantaneously vanishes, leaving empty cities behind. As I was scanning the area of the London satellite image above, I noticed something amazing that would fit the novel perfectly: There are NO PEOPLE on the sidewalks, parks, tennis courts, cricket fields... I broadened the search and found that from Google Earth's point of view, London is completely deserted! Even the downtown bridges, such as Westminster Bridge, normally crawling with pedestrians, are unpopulated.
This was an extraordinary discovery, not just the fact itself, but how long it has taken me to realize this after many hours of poring through satellite images. And, not just London. The University of Utah, the State Capitol and downtown are all devoid of humanity. The power of Google obviously now extends to depopulating the Earth! Actually, the technology in use to remove people is extraordinary, as even their shadows are edited out while things like planters, garbage cans, etc are left untouched.
Back in London, I was determined to find even ONE human from above. I spent an hour scanning the streets and parks and finally found the sole survivor! The last person left on the planet. And, they seem to be taking a sunbath!
This person appears in what, for me, is the default satellite image. But, mysteriously, the image is not dated, as most of them are. Your results may vary, and if you don't spot him or her, the default image may have changed and using the Historical Imagery Tool may be necessary.
The sole survivor is in Victoria Tower Gardens, sitting on the grass here:
N 51 29.796 W 000 07.502
The closest bridge to the southeast of that site features four obelisks, two at each end. There is an object at the top of each obelisk. Wiki identifies what the objects are and that there is an urban legend identifying them as something else as a tribute to a local resident.
Bridge H Question: In what year was the local resident born?
H = 4-digit year
Bridge I Clue: According to the Wiki table, the very vast majority of the world's highest bridges (deck height to ground) are in China. But, two from other countries make the top 10, including one in Mexico:
Hilareously, Google's interpretation looks more like a roller coaster (with "Terrain" checked):
Bridge I Question: After crossing the bridge northeast-bound, the highway enters a tunnel. In Google Earth's Street View image (NOT a user-supplied image), a mathematical equation can be seen on the tunnel wall at the entrance.
I = The solution to the equation
(The highway is amazing. Continue following it northeast in satellite view and note the amazing number of tunnels.)
Bridge J Clue: The artists featured in Question 1 wrote an even more popular bridge song rumored (apparently incorrectly) to be based on a certain UK bridge.
Bridge J Question: About a mile from the bridge, find one of the following images. Supply the red digits of the West coordinate of the site:
J = W ###° ##.###
Ready to bridge the gap to the final coordinates? Just add up your answers for A through J and enter the total with no comma in this Checker.
Enjoy your walk to Infinity Bridge!