Bruce Acacio Shares 10 Most Famous Bridges In The World

Bruce Acacio has keen interest in local architecture and also travels all over the world in
search of adventures & e!eriences" In this #log !ost Bruce Acacio shares to! 10 Most
Famous Bridges In The World"
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The world&s most famous #ridges ma% not #e the longest #ridges'tallest #ridges or highest
#ridges' #ut the% are the most recogni(a#le #ridges in the world #% far" )ere are the to!
10 most famous #ridges*
1" +olden +ate Bridge' San Francisco' ,nited states - This world famous s%m#ol of the ,nited
State&s west coast has a main s!an of 1'./0 meters 01'122 ft3 which makes it around the 11th
longest s!an in the world" 11th !lace ma% not sound much' #ut taking into consideration that
the #ridge o!ened in 1245 makes it 6uite remarka#le as the other to! 10 were #uilt during
the last 107.0 %ears" The +olden +ate #ridge is located in San Francisco and is !erha!s the
cit%&s most famous attraction" With the view of the #a% around it' it is trul% a sight to see

4" S%dne% )ar#our Bridge' S%dne%' Australia - A steel through arch #ridge across S%dne%
)ar#our" The #ridge carries roads for vehicles and railroads as well as #ic%cle and !edestrian
tra8c #etween the 9orth Shore and the central #usiness district of the cit%" The #eautiful view
of the #ridge with the har#our and the S%dne% $!era )ouse form the so familiar and
wonderful sk%line of the cit%" It is a s%m#ol of S%dne% and Australia" The #ridge is nicknamed
:The ;oathanger< #% the local residents #ecause of its arch7#ased design
1" Brookl%n Bridge' 9ew =ork' ,nited States - ;om!leted in 1//4' the Brookl%n Bridge is one
of the oldest sus!ension #ridges in the ,nited States" it connects Manhattan and Brookl%n #%
s!anning the >ast ?iver" It has a main s!an of 1'@2@"@ feet 01/A"4 m3 which made it longest
sus!ension #ridge in the world from its o!ening until 1204" It has #ecome one of the icons on
9ew =ork from it&s o!ening da% and toda% still one of the cit%&s attractions for tourists is to
walk the @'2/2 feet 01/.@ m3 of the #ridge from end to end and #ack' while taking !ictures of
the #eautiful #ridge with the sk%line of Manhattan
@" Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy - The :old #ridge< is a medieval stone arch #ridge'
famous for still having sho!s #uilt along it as was once common" It is the onl% #ridge in
Florence to survive the second world war" In the !ast the sho!s were owned #% #utchers #ut
toda% the sho!s are mostl% owned #% souvenir sellers as well as art dealers and Bewelers

A" ?ialto Bridge' Cenice' Ital% 7 The oldest of four #ridges s!anning the +rand ;anal in Cenice"
It was com!leted in 1@21' re!lacing a wooden #ridge that colla!sed in 1@.1" The #eautiful old
#ridge is one of the icons of Cenice and is alwa%s !acked with ecited tourists
5" Millau Ciaduct' Millau' France 7 With a structure height of 414 metres 01'1.@ ft3 the Millau
Ciaduct #ridge is the tallest #ridge in the worldD $!ened in .001' this 1 lanes #ridge is
a ca#le7sta%ed #ridge that s!ans the valle% of the ?iver Tarn near Millau in southern France"
The #ridge has 5 !iers of diEerent heights" The second one is the tallest with a height of
.11"2A m 0/04 ft / in3 - making it the tallest structure in France' taller than the >iEel TowerD
Most Famous Bridges In The World: Millau Viaduct, Millau, France

/" Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic 7 A world famous #ridge that crosses
the Cltava river" The stone +othic #ridge construction #egan in 14@5 and ended onl% in the
#eginning of the 1@th centur%" As it was the onl% means of crossing the Cltava river' the
;harles Bridge was the most im!ortant connection #etween the $ld Town and the area around
Frague ;astle" Toda% it is one of the most visited sights in Frague' and as %ou might e!ect'
the areas around and on the #ridge itself are alwa%s Glled with !ainters' kiosks owners and
other traders as well as !ick!ockets - #ewareD
2" Akashi Haik%I Bridge' Ja!an - The famous Akashi Haik%I #ridge has a long main s!an of
1'221 meters 0A'@4. ft3" $!ened in 122/' it links the cit% of Ho#e on the mainland of )onshu
to Iwa%a on AwaBi Island" It is the 1th tallest #ridge in the world and one of the longest
sus!ension #ridgesD

10" +reat Belt Bridge' Kenmark - The +reat Belt #ridge was o!ened in 122/ and runs
#etween the Kanish islands of Lealand and Funen" Its total length is A'520 meters 0..'.55 ft3
and ma height of .@1 meters 0/44 ft3 makes it is the third longest sus!ension s!an #ridge in
the world and /th tallest #ridge in the world