10 Most Beautiful Bridges in the World

The bridge is one of the most important land transportation facilities other than the tunnel, not prominently be built, but in the world there just striking the bridge was built, what are they? Here's the list:

10. Water Bridge Magdeburg (Germany)

Magdeburg Water Bridge connects the former East and West Germany at the Elbe River, and built as part of the German reunification project. Throughout the first km, bridges worth € 500,000,000 of water allows ships to avoid the river carries a solid long canal along the Elbe. Frequent shipments were blocking the bridge when the river water mark was in the lowest level.

9. Ponte Vecchio (Italy)

Ponte Vecchio in Florence is one of famous tourist attractions in Italy, and is considered the oldest stone arch bridge in Europe, although many of the older sections. Actually built from wood until it was destroyed by floods in 1333, and twelve years later the bridge was rebuilt using stone. Famous for its many shops, the bridge is laying off everyone starts traders and butchers of the Middle Ages until the gift shop and art sellers.

8. Tower Bridge (United Kingdom)

Completed in 1894 by Wolfe Barry and Horace Jones. Tower Bridge (named after two prominent towers as tall as 141 feet and the Tower of London on him) is one of the famous land marks in London and one of the most beautiful in the world. This 800 foot long bridge has a space 28 feet when closed but opens in the center until it reaches 140 feet which allows ships to sail on the Thames. In the days when goods moved by sea rather than air bridge was raised about 50 times each day. Tower Bridge using the 432 workers who built it for eight years. At that time they sank 70,000 tons of concrete into the two large piers, placing second supporting structure into place, each of which weighs 1000 tons and decorate the whole bridge with Portland stone and Cornish granite to cover 11 000 tonnes of steel beneath.

7. Wind and Rain Bridge (China)

Wind and Rain Bridge is the architectural symbol of Dong minority peoples. Wind and Rain Bridhe in Diping is the largest of its kind in the province of Guizhou, where the largest Chinese community settled Dong. This bridge along the first 50 meters and was built in 1894 during the Qing Dynasty 100 years ago. However, the original structure burned in a huge fire in 1959 and a visitor sees today are making repeated that we completed in 1964.

Is a pure wooden architecture that consists of a pillar, baluster purlin and in various sizes and shapes. Body bridge is divided into three sections, the largest in the middle of the traditional Chinese drum-shaped tower. Eave bridge pilasters and decorated with flowers and sculpture and the bridge is very unique.

6. Bridge Oliveira (Brazil)

Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge over the River Pinheiros in São Paulo, Brazil opened in May 2008. As high as 138 meters (450 feet) and connects with the Marginal Pinheiros Jornalista Roberto Marinho Avenue. Unique design with two crossed curved deck with one another through the tower-shaped cantilever X.

5. Rolling Bridge (United Kingdom)

Designed by Heatherwick Studio, an award-winning Rolling Bridge is located in Paddington Basin, London. Rather than using conventional open the bridge mechanism, consisting of a single rigid element that up to allow boats pass, the Rolling Bridge rolled himself up to the two ends meet. When in a horizontal position, the bridge is a pedestrian bridge to normal iron and wood; fully open, the bridge is forming a circle on one side that is different from the straight position.

Twelve yards long, this bridge was made by eight pieces of iron and wood, and made the curve by a hydraulic press mounted on the handrail of each section.

4. Hangzhou Bay Bridge (China)

Crossing the Hangzhou Bay bridge stood the world's longest cross-sea, with a length 35.673 kilometers (22 miles) with a six-lane highway in both directions. This bridge was built to address traffic congestion in the area of emerging, cutting travel time between Shanghai and Ningbo from four hours to 2.5 hours.

The bridge was undergoing a lot of learning a few decades earlier before it was approved in 2003, and finally opened on May 1, 2008. Total investment for the bridge is worth RMB 11.8 million (approximately U.S. $ 1.4 billion).

3. Henderson Waves (Singapore)

At the height of 36 meters or 12 levels of road surface, this bridge is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. Along the 300-meter bridge connects the parks at Mount Faber and Telok Blangah Hill.

2. Millau Viaduct (France)

As high as 1125 feet above the Tarn Valley in southern France, across the Millau Viaduct could be said like flying. Foster & Partners's work is slightly higher than the Eiffel Tower, take three years for general construction and opened in 2004. In addition to providing views of the valley below, when clouds are formed under the bridge, the Millau route is not for people who are afraid of heights! Millau Bridge has a total length of 8071 feet with the longest single span of 1122 feet and a maximum of clarity at the bottom was 886 feet, so the bridge is very beautiful in its original form or miniaturized form. Bridge deck is supported by seven Pilon and weighs 36,000 tons. Seven towers, each 292 feet tall and weighing 700 tons, fitted to the cantilever Pilon.

1. Banpo Bridge (South Korea)

September 9, 2008, Banpo Bridge in Seoul (South Korea) undergoing a massive facelift surgery: a fountain 10 000 hose that runs on both sides. Once installed, the bridge became a major tourist attraction when the bridge was fired 190 tons of water per minute to use river water beneath.