The full continental expression of the MMC platform. Five integrated service levels — freight, transcontinental aqueduct, services, hyperloop reservation, maglev — on a dual-leg viaduct rising 50m to the top deck. The Phase 1, 2, and 3 continental rollout corridors are built to MMC-VA standard.
~112 (excluding XA-C arms; ~122 including arm modules)
Concrete per span (dry)
~2,093 tonnes
Total span weight (operating, aqueduct full)
~7,180 tonnes — water load is the governing case at 4,250t/span
Governing design case
Aqueduct water load (4,250t/span exceeds the entire MMC-VB structure dry weight)
MMC-VA — five-level continental viaduct configuration. Pre-feasibility illustration. SketchUp engineering renders are in production.
Configuration
How MMC-VA is built on the platform.
MMC-VA is the largest expression of the MMC modular system. It uses the same 4m OD ATS caisson foundation and the same tapered pylon segment family as MMC-VB and MMC-VC. The differences are vertical scale — more column segment pairs, more cap beams, more girder levels — and the aqueduct service deck.
The architecture does not change. The catalogue does not change. The factory does not change. The Megafactory produces the same 3m tapered column segment regardless of whether it ends up in a 6m MMC-VC pylon or a 50m MMC-VA pylon — only the count of segments stacked changes. The aqueduct adds two new module types (HB2G aqueduct girder with extra cross-section for water load, and the precast channel wall panels) and the hyperloop and maglev decks add their own girder profiles, all produced on the same Megafactory production line.
Deployment
Where MMC-VA is deployed.
MMC-VA is the standard for the SBC continental rollout — Phases 1, 2, and 3. The full programme deploys MMC-VA across approximately 16,400km of continental corridor: SBC #1 Brisbane–Perth, SBC #2 Darwin–Adelaide, SBC #3 Albury–Karumba, SBC #4 Mackay–Port Hedland, SBC #5 Derby–Esperance, and SBC #6 Albany–Port Douglas.
Phase 1SBC #1 Brisbane–Perth + SBC #2 Darwin–Adelaide. First continental phase — includes the Alice Hub PHES anchor.
The engineering of MMC-VA is documented in the MMC engineering memo series. The Models page is the catalogue — the Library is the engineering depth.
In PrepMMC-VA Five-Level Continental Viaduct. Pylon geometry, column tapering across five segment pairs, aqueduct hydraulic loading as governing case, hyperloop reservation, maglev top deck — companion design memo for the MMC-VA configuration.Pending release
LibraryMegafactory Specification. The same Megafactory and module catalogue produce MMC-VA, MMC-VB, and MMC-VC. MMC-VA modules are an extension of the same family.
MMC-VA is the largest configuration covered by the Architectural Framework (Patent 4) and the Multimodal Viaduct Topside (Patent 5) patents. The foundation system (Patents 1, 2, 3) is the same 4m OD ATS caisson used across all MMC models, deepened to 20m for the MMC-VA load case. The manufacturing architecture (Patent 7) produces every module in the MMC-VA pylon — including the aqueduct channel wall panels and the hyperloop guideway seats — on the same factory line that produces MMC-VB and MMC-VC modules.
