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Some of the world’s most remarkable infrastructure projects are bridges.

Besides being vital transportation links, these bridges are architectural marvels.

Here are a few of the most

beautiful and famous bridges around the world

, hope you will get the chance to visit at least one of them.

Rolling Bridge (United Kingdom)

The Rolling Bridge is a type of curling movable bridge completed in 2004 as part of the Grand Union Canal office and retail development project at Paddington Basin, London.

The Rolling Bridge was conceived by British designer Thomas Heatherwick, designed by SKM Anthony Hunt with Packman Lucas, and built by Littlehampton Welding.

It is twelve meters long and opens every Friday at noon.

The Rolling Bridge lets boats pass by curling up until its two ends touch.

Rolling Bridge

 

The Neal Bridge

The Neal Bridge located in Pittsfield, Maine, completed in November 2008, is designed and built using structural composite materials and techniques.

The Neal Bridge

 

Henderson Waves

The Henderson Waves is Singapore’s tallest pedestrian bridge connecting Mount Faber Park with Telok Blangah Hill Park.

It stands tall at a height of 118-feet.

Henderson Waves

 

Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge,

Brazil

Completed in 2002, this asymmetrical

bridge is built across

the Lake Paranoa in Brasilia.

Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge, Brazil

 

Octavio Frias de

Oliveira Bridge, Brazil

The Octavio Frias de

Oliveira bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Sao Paulo

, Brazil over the Pinheiros River.

Opened in May 2008, the bridge is 453 ft tall.

The bridge deck is unusual as it forms a ‘X’, crossing at the tower.

It is the only bridge in the world that has two curved tracks supported by a single concrete mast.

Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, Brazil

Millau Viaduct,

France

Opened in 2004, Norman Foster designed this huge cable-stayed bridge to carry travellers across the valley of the

Tarn River in Millau, Southern France

.

Millau Viaduct, France

 

Pont Gustave-Flaubert

Bridge, France

This bridge crosses the Seine, a commercial waterway in France.

With pylons at a height of 282 feet, the Pont Gustave-Flaubert is Europe’s tallest lift bridge.

Pont Gustave-Flaubert Bridge

 

Langkawi Sky Bridge,

Malaysia

This curved pedestrian bridge is 2000-feet

above sea level at the top of Mount Mat Cincang in Malaysia

.

A cable car takes tourists to the 400-feet long structure.

Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia

 

Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China

The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the

longest sea-crossing bridge

in the world opened in May 2008.

It is 36 kilometres long and reduces the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km.

Hangzhou Bay Bridge, China

 

Oresund Bridge, Denmark and

Sweden

The Oresund Bridge crosses the Oresund

strait and joins Sweden with Denmark

.

The bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe stretching across a distance of length of 4.

8 miles.

Oresund Bridge, Denmark and Sweden

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