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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...

The  Falkirk Wheel  is a rotating boat lift in Scotland. It connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. Named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, the lift opened in 2002. The two canals it serves were previously connected by a series of 11 locks, but by the 1930s these had fallen into disuse. The locks were filled in and the land built upon. The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals to reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight. Designs were submitted for a boat lift to link the canals; the Falkirk Wheel-design...

Length, Width, Height, Weight Total length of Bridge including approaches from abutment to abutment: 1.7 miles = 8,981 ft = 2,737 m Total length of Bridge including approaches from abutment to abutment, plus the distance to the Toll Plaza: 9,150 ft = 2,788 m Length of suspension span including main span and side spans: 1.2 miles = 6,450 ft = 1,966 m Length of main span portion of suspended structure (distance between towers): 4,200 ft = 1,280 m Length of one side span: 1,125 ft = 343 m Width of Bridge: 90 ft = 27 m Width of roadway between curbs: 62 ft = 19 m Width of sidewalk:  10 ft = 3 m Clearance above mean higher high water: 220 ft = 67 m Total weight of each anchorage: 60,000 tons = 54,400,000 kg Original combined weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches: 894,500 tons = 811,500,000 kg Total weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches (1937): 894,500 tons = 811,500,000 kg Total weight of Bridge, anchorages, and approaches (1986)*: 887,0...

Millau Viaduct multiple span single line cable stayed Bridge the tallest bridge in the world. Its highest tower stretches a staggering 343 meters in height and 2.5 km in length. It is located in southern France, and is the highest bridge in the world. It is a truly amazing piece of engineering, especially considering the method used to span the distance between the piers.  Construction cost  was approximately €400 million. Construction Process of Millau Viaduct The team attempting to build this amazing free way in the sky had to survive  landslides , fight winds gusting at a 135 km/h. It’s a bridge that pushed the boundaries of engineering to the limit and then beyond. From the start the construction team faced 3 main challenges. Build the tallest bridge piers in the world. Put a 36000 ton free way on top of them. Erect 7 steel pylons each weights 700 tons. Phase 1 of Construction Oct 2001 the team broke ground they required to build bridge tha...

Hoover dam  is America's most famous landmark, completed in 1935. It was the most colossal structure  in the world  at that time. This great American icon was to be the largest and heaviest dam, producing the largest amount of Hydro electric power in the world . 21000 men took part in its  construction  and of them 112 laid their lives to complete this megastructure. Though its not the superior dam today but still most famous, iconic and greatest dam ever built. Situated in Mojave desert, 30 Km south-east of Las Vegas. Built on  Colorado  River at Black Canyon, the construction site was extremely difficult. The risks involved were huge and the consequences could have been catastrophic, if the dam failed. Hoover Dam is 221 m high, 201 meters thick and 3.4  million  cubic meters of  concrete  has been used in it. Background for Hoover Dam Construction Colorado, worlds one of the most powerful and unpred...