Discovering the WORLD

The  Atchafalaya Basin Bridge , also known as the  Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge , [1]  is a pair of parallel bridges in the  US state  ofLouisiana between Baton Rouge and Lafayette which carries  Interstate 10  over the Atchafalaya Basin. With a total length of 96,095 feet (29,290 m) or 18.2 miles, it is the fourteenth longest bridge in the world by total length. The bridge includes two exits: one for Whiskey Bay (LA 975) and another for  Butte La Rose  (LA 3177). While the bridges run parallel for most of their length, they merge when crossing the Whiskey Bay Pilot Channel and the Atchafalaya River. The average daily traffic count is (as of 2011) 24,540 vehicles. Accidents occur frequently near the two river crossings as both are very narrow and lack shoulders. In 1999, Governor Mike Foster lowered the speed limit on the bridge from 70 MPH to 60 MPH. In 2003, the...

ArtScience Museum   is one of the attractions at Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort in Singaporeowned by the US Las Vegas Sands company. Opened on 17 February 2011 by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, it is the world's first ArtScience museum. Although it has a permanent exhibition, ArtScience Gallery, the ArtScience Museum mainly hosts touring exhibitions curated by other museums.

Marina Bay Sands   Marina Bay Sands   is an   Integrated Resort   fronting   Marina Bay   in   Singapore. Developed by   Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone   casino   property at   S$8 billion, including cost of the prime land. With the casino complete, the resort features a 2,561-room hotel, a 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m 2 ) convention-exhibition centre, the 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m 2 ) The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands mall, a museum, two large theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice skating rink, and the world's largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600   slot machines. The complex is topped by a 340m-long SkyPark with a capacity of 3,900 people and a 150m   infinity swimming pool, set on top of the world's largest public cantilevered platform, which overhangs the north tower by 67m.The 20-hectare resort was...