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BRIDGES OF THE WORLD - STD III
LONDON TOWER BRIDGE
Built from 1886 till 1896.
It has two towers, in Victorian Gothic style that are connected.
Tower Bridge is located close to the Tower of London from which it got its name.
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Golden Gate Bridge is situated in San Francisco, United States.
The Bridge is named for the Golden Gate Strait, the narrow entrance between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay.
It is 1280m long bridge opened in 1937.
SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
Harbour Bridge, is situated in Sydney NSW, Australia.Construction started: July 28, 1923Total length: 1,149 mOpened: March 19, 1932The bridge carries roads for vehicles and rail roads bridge.It is having arch based design.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
It is situated in New York (Unites States of America).It is one of the oldest suspension bridge in U.S.A.It has a main span of 1595 feet which made it the longest suspension bridge in the world.
MILLAU VIADUCT BRIDGE
O It is located in Millau, France.O Construction started: October 16, 2001 and opened in 2004.O Total length: 2,460 mO It is a four lanes bridge and is a cable stayed bridge.O It is taller than Eiffel tower.
This bridge is located in China opened on 2008.It is longest sea crossing bridge in the world.It connects Ningbo’s Cixi city to Jiaxing.Bridge as being built "in the world's most complicated sea environment, with one of the three biggest tides on Earth.Half way across the bridge is a man made island called - Land between Sea and Sky.
O Total length: 3,911 m O Construction started: May 1988O Bridge type: Suspension bridgeO Location: Awaji Island, Kobe, Awaj Japan.O It is the 4th tallest bridge in the world.
It is located in Denmark.Opened in 1998 and runs between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funess.Its total length is 6,790 meters height of 254 meters.It is eighth tallest bridge in the world.
ZHANGJIAJIE GLASS BRIDGE
Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge is a skywalk bridge in Zhangjiajie, China, above the Wulingyuan area. The bridge built as an attraction for tourists is glass-bottomed and is transparent. O When it opened it was the longest and tallest glass bottomed
bridge in the world.
O Total length: 430 mO Clearance below: 300 mO Height: 360 m (1,180 ft)
NEW GOLDEN BRIDGE
It is located in Vietnam, 150 metres long and built in 1919.It is also known as Giant Hand Bridge.Bridge loops nearly back around to itself and has two giant stone hands.It is designed to connect the cable car station with the gardens and to provide a scenic overlook and as a tourist attraction.
