Author Topic: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~  (Read 1643 times)

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~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« on: October 11, 2015, 10:23:03 PM »
The Oresund Bridge



Tunnel is the world's longest border crossing bridge and connects Denmark and Sweden across the Oresund Strait

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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2015, 10:24:03 PM »
This bridge across the Singapore river is unique in how it was designed to look like the structure of DNA.


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2015, 10:24:43 PM »
The Chengyang Bridge makes for a fantastic looking structure but the most amazing thing about this bridge is that during construction, not a single nail was used, relying instead on some amazing architectural tricks.


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2015, 10:25:31 PM »
What makes the Rolling Bridge so special is how every Friday, the octagonal shape rolls out to reveal itself as a bridge. Later on during the day, it will curl itself back up into its original form, hiding itself away again until it reemerges the next Friday.


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2015, 12:02:25 AM »
The Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 410 ft-long curved pedestrian bridge above Gunung Matchincang roughly 2,300 ft above sea level.


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2015, 12:03:07 AM »
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is unique in that it is one of the few bridges in the world that tilts! When it is tilted one way, it turns into a normal pedestrian bridge that the public can cross over. When it is tilted the other way though it let boats and ships pass beneath.


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2015, 12:03:49 AM »
One of Japan’s greatest pieces of engineering, this bridge holds the record for bring the longest suspension bridge in the world with a total length of 3,911 m. The length of the cables used in the bridge totals 300,000 km. That’s enough to circle the earth 7.5 times


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2015, 12:04:49 AM »
Because of the vast amount of rivers running throughout the Netherlands and boat traffic as high as the volume of vehicles, the country needed a bridge able to quickly raise and lower itself; to benefit both road and river traffic. That is how the Slauerhoffbrug Bridge came to be.


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Re: ~ World's Most Unique Bridges ~
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2015, 12:05:38 AM »
The Octavio Frias De Oliveira bridge In Brazil is unusual due to it’s X shaped structure in the middle. Another attribute to this bridge is how it has two levels of traffic crossing one another as they pass through the pylon.


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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2015, 12:08:35 AM »
The bridge was designed to look like waves, as you can guess by the name. It connects 2 of Singapore’s parks, Mount Faber Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park and has a stunning view of Singapore’s natural side.