TOP 10 BRIDGES!

LONDON BRIDGE

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGELocation:

Sydney, New South Wales,

Australia

Design:

Clearance BELOW:49 m

Arch bridge

Construction Begin:28 July

1923

Length:1,149 m (3,770 ft)

Width:49 m (161 ft)

Height:134 m (440 ft)

Longest Span:503 m

(1,650 ft)

Construction End:19 Jan 1932

Open:19 March 1932

Length:5989 ft

Width:85 ft

Longest

span:486.3m

Design:

Suspension/

Cable-stay

hybrid

Boston Massachusett

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Design :Hybrid Steel and

Cable-stayed Bridge

STRUCTURE:Length:436m

Width:56mHeight:82m

Longest span :227m

Clearance Below:12m

LEONARD P. Zakim BUNKER HILL Memorial Bridge

-MAR

30

(north

bound

lanes)

-Dec

20

(south

bond

lanes)

2003!

OPENED:

Opened:

April 15

1964, 40

years ago.

(NB)

April 19,

1999, 14

years ago

(SB)

DESIGN : Composite:

low-level trestle, single-

tube tunnels, artificial

islands, truss bridges,

high-level trestle

Used for railway purpose!!!!!

DESIGN:Cantilever

bridge

Total length2,528.7 m

(8,296 ft)

Longest span2 of 521.3 m

(1710 ft)

Clearance below46 metres

(151 ft)

Opened 4 March 1890

LOCATION:

Edinburgh,

Inchgarvie and

Fife, Scotland

Clearance

BELOW:8.6

meters

(28 ft)

(closed)

42.5

meters

(139 ft)

(open)

(mean high

water

spring tide)

LENGT

H:244

meters

(801 ft)

Begin: 1886

End: 1894

Opened: 30 June 1894

LOCATIO

N

London

boroughs

– north

side:

Tower

Hamlets

– south

side:

Southwar

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