Wednesday, August 26, 2015

In this episode, we’ll describe some far more amazing bridges of the globe. These bridges are so fabulous and astonishing in their styles that apart from offering the passage over the water, they have turn out to be the exceptional symbols of their distinct places. Such bridges are really the masterpieces and the state of the art constructions designed and constructed by the engineers. The arranging and the constructions of such bridges would have gone through many complications and challenging perform. Not only the scientific technology and sources are required to develop such amazing brides, but they require the ultimate aesthetic strategy and the precision.

These are the images of some a lot more incredible bridges of the planet for your interest.

6- The Historic Golden Gate Bridge

The historic Golden Gate Bridge in California - Stefan Bock's Image
The historic Golden Gate Bridge in California – Stefan Bock's Image

This wonderful and historic suspension bridge connects the San Francisco city to the Marin County in California, USA. The building of this incredible bridge was completed in 1937 and this is a fascinating fabrication of the steel work.

7- The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia

The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia - Image: Yury Prokopenko
The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia – Image: Yury Prokopenko

Due to the fact of the wonderful arch-primarily based design and style, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is also identified as “The Cothanger”. It is also the fifth longest spanning-arch bridge in the planet, and it is the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 metres (440 ft) from top to water level.

8- The Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai, China

The Nanpu Bridge of China - Allister Chiong's Image
The Nanpu Bridge of China – Allister Chiong's Image

The Nanpu bridge is a single of the most renowned cable-stayed brdges in China getting seven lanes for the trafic and croses over the Huangpu river. The bridge has a major span of 428 meters (1,388 ft), shorter than its sister bridge, Yangpu.

9- The Historic Ponte Vecchio of Italy

The historic Ponte Vecchio of Florence, italy - Valeriano Della Longa's Photo
The historic Ponte Vecchio of Florence, italy – Valeriano Della Longa's Photo

Ponte Vecchio is a hstoric and Medieval stone arched bridge in Florence, Italy over the Arno river which is beleived to be firstly construted in the Roman era. The bridge consists of three segmental arches: the primary arch has a span of 30 meters (98 ft) the two side arches each and every span 27 meters (88 ft).

10- The Tsing Ma Bridge of Hong Kong

The Tsing Ma Bridge of Hing Kong - Gp Teo's Image
The Tsing Ma Bridge of Hing Kong – Gp Teo's Image

This remarkable bridge in Hong Kong is named soon after two islands Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. The bridge has a principal span of 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 metres (676 ft). The span is the biggest of all bridges in the globe carrying rail traffic.

This was the second episode of the most remarkable bridges of the world. In the subsequent episode we’ll present before you some other wonderful bridges of the world. Click the following to check out the 1st element of this series

Incredible Bridges Of The Globe -1

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