The Bandra Worli Sea Link officially the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, is an 8-lane cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches, which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai, and is the first phase of the proposed West Island Freeway system. Th... |
The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in Kolkata. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath Tagore. The bridge is one of the four on ... |
The Chain Bridge is one of Budapest's most famous landmarks. The magnificent suspension bridge on the river Danube between Pest and Buda separates both the cities. The 375 meter (1230ft) long and 16 meter wide bridge, a superb engineering feat, was opened on November 20, 1849. The bridge ignited ... |
Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge), is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata. The bridge is a toll bridge for all vehicles. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in India and one of the long... |
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of ... |
Singapore's first suspension footbridge, the Tanjong Rhu Bridge, was officially opened by Koo Tsai Kee, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Defence in 1998. It was designed by the Public Works Department (now known as CPG Corporation Pte Ltd). The b... |
Known worldwide, the Shin-en Garden is a perfect example of a Japanese Garden from the Meiji Period. Laid out to surround the entire shrine grounds, and covering an area of 33,000m², the garden was completed by the founder of modern Japanese gardening, the 7th generation master Ogawa Jihei, (als... |
Kintai Bridge is located in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the western part of Japan. The bridge was built in 1673, spanning the beautiful Nishiki River in a series of five wooden arches, and the bridge is located on the foot of Mt.Yokoyama, at the top of which lies Iwakuni Castle. The el... |
The La Selle Street Bridge spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Also called the Marshall Suloway Bridge, it is a single-deck double-leaf trunnion bascule bridge spanning the main stem of the Chicago River that connects the Near North Side with the Loop area. It was constructed i... |
Bridge in Saanen, Bern, Switzerland. A regular bridge in the town, but made famous by DDLJ
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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of several suspension bridges in New York, USA, designed by John Augustus Roebling and is considered his masterpiece. Opened to traffic May 24, 1883, the finished bridge is an architectural feat, with its neo-Gothic towers and intricate steel cabling. The fact that appr... |
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension ... |
The Pamban Bridge is India's first Sea Bridge. Pamban Bridge also known as Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge. It is on the Palk Strait connects Rameswaram to mainland India. It refers to both the road bridge and the cantilever railway bridge, though primarily it means the latter. It is the second longe... |
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim, formerly the Pont de Passy, is a bridge across the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île aux Cygnes. It was in 1878, for the Universal Exposition, that an original metal footbridge was built on eithe... |
The Webb Bridge in Melbourne by Denton, Corker & Marshall (DCM) pedestrian/cycle bridge over the Yarra River is part of a public art project in Melbourne’s Docklands area, in collaboration with artist Robert Owen. Webb Bridge is an interesting, unique-looking bridge which was actually desig... |
The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge crosses the Cerritos Channel at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, was commissioned by the United States Navy between 1946 and 1948, and is one of three bridges that connect Terminal Island to the mainland. The bridge was named for Commodore Schuyler F.... |
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim, formerly the Pont de Passy, is a bridge across the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île aux Cygnes. It was in 1878, for the Universal Exposition, that an original metal footbridge was built on eithe... |
The Ancient city of Lucerne is in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland. Due to its location on the shore of Lake Lucerne, within sight of Mount Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne has long been ... |
The Eiserne Steg, probably Frankfurt's best known bridge, is a romantic 19th-century footbridge over the river Main. A pedestrian walkway and the first suspension bridge in Europe, the Eiserner Steg connects the city center with Sachsenhausen. The bridge itself is made of iron, the bridgeheads of... |
The Holbeinsteg bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. It was a temporary replacement for the Eiserner Stag bridge during its restoration. At the southern bridgehead is the entrance to the Stadel. The Holbeinsteg is a suspension bridge and was constructed and in 1990. It was develop... |
