THE WORLD'S MOST IMPOSING BRIDGES
Added on: 19th Jul 2016
DONGHAI BRIDGE,
SHANGHAI, CHINA
Completed in 2005, the Donghai Bridge connects mainland
Shanghai’s Pudong New Area with the offshore Yangshan
Deep-Water Port in Eastern China. With its impressive total
length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 miles), the bridge ranks
among the longest cross-sea bridges in the world.
CORNISH–WINDSOR COVERED BRIDGE,
CORNISH, USA
Built in 1866, the Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a
wooden bridge that spans the Connecticut River between Cornish,
New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont. It was the longest
covered bridge still standing in the United States until the
Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio in 2008.
BOSPHORUS BRIDGE,
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Also known as the First Bridge, the Bosphorus Bridge is one of
two suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait in
Istanbul, thus connecting Europe and Asia. With its length of
1,560 m (5,118ft), the Bosphorus Bridge was the fourth-longest
suspension bridge span in the world upon its completion in 1973.
TRIFT BRIDGE,
GADMEN, SWITZERLAND
Spanning the lake Triftsee near the town of Gadmen, Central
Switzerland, the Trift Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only
suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps. Suspended at a height
of 100 metres (330ft), the bridge receives about 20,000
visitors every year to see the Trift Glacier, a
popular tourist attraction.
BANPO BRIDGE,
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Connecting the Seocho and Yongsan districts in downtown
Seoul, the Banpo Bridge is one of the most prominent features
of the city. Measuring 1,495 metres (4,905ft) in length, the
bridge is particularly famous for hosting the Moonlight Rainbow
Fountain – the world´s longest bridge fountain.
HOWRAH BRIDGE,
HOWRAH, INDIA
Suspended over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, the
Howrah Bridge is a large cantilever bridge commissioned in
1943. With its daily traffic of approximately 100,000 vehicles
and possibly more than 150,000 pedestrians, it is the
busiest cantilever bridge in the world.
ORESUND BRIDGE,
MALMO, SWEDEN
The longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe, the
Oresund Bridge connects two major metropolitan areas:
Copenhagen, the Danish capital city, and the Swedish city of
Malmo. Measuring almost 8 km (26,000ft) in length, the bridge
starts out as a bridge in Sweden and ends up as a tunnel in
Denmark.
TOWER BRIDGE,
LONDON, UK
Crossing the River Thames close to the Tower of London in
downtown London, the Tower Bridge is one the most famous
bridges in the world and a London´s iconic landmark. Completed
in 1894, this combined bascule and suspension bridge
consists of two bridge towers tied together at the
upper level by two horizontal walkways.
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