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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Top 5 Longest Bridges of the World


Top 10 Longest Bridges of the World

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Rank, Name of the Bridge, Length in Metres, Year Completed in, Country

1. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, 38,422 m, 1956, USA
2. Manchac Swamp bridge, 36,710 m, 1970s, USA
3. Yangcun Bridge of Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Rail, 35,812 m, 2007, China
4. Hangzhou Bay Bridge, 35,673 m, 2007, China
5. Runyang Bridge, 35,660 m, 2005, China
6. Donghai Bridge, 32,500 m, 2005, China
7. Shanghai Maglev Train Line, 30,500 m, 2004, China
8. Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, 29,290 m, 1973, USA
9. The No. 1 bridge of Tianjin Binhai Mass Transit, 25,800 m, 2003, China
10. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, 24,140 m, 1964, USA

Monday, January 5, 2009

Top 5 Tallest Buildings in the World


Top 10 Tallest Buildings in the World (By Architectural Detail)

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Rank, Name of the Structure, City, Country, Height in Meters, Year of Construction

  1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE, 828 m, 2010
  2. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan, 509 m, 2004
  3. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China, 492 m, 2008
  4. Petronas Tower 1 and 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 452 m, 1998
  5. Greenland Square Zifeng Tower, Nanjing, China, 450 m, 2009 (expected)
  6. Sears Tower, Chicago, USA, 442 m, 1973
  7. Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China, 421 m, 1998
  8. Two International Finance Center, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 415 m, 2003
  9. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China, 391 m, 1997
  10. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China, 384 m, 1996
  11. Empire State Building, New York City, USA, 381 m, 1931