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The  Bandra–Worli Sea Link , officially called  Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link , is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete-steel viaductson either side that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. The bridge is a part of the proposedWestern Freeway that will link the Western Suburbs to Nariman Point in Mumbai's main business district. The  1600  crore  (US$240 million) bridge was commissioned by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), and built by the Hindustan Construction Company. The first four of the eight lanes of the bridge were opened to the public on 30 June 2009.All eight lanes were opened on 24 March 2010. The sea-link reduces travel time between Bandra and Worli during peak hours from 60–90 minutes to 20–30 minutes.   As of October 2009, BWSL had an average daily traffic of around 37,50...

The  CN Tower  (French:  Tour CN ) is a 553.33 m-high (1,815.4 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto,Ontario, Canada. It was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of Burj Khalifa and Canton Tower in 2010. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, a signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada, attracting more than two million international visitors annually. Its name "CN" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federalCro...

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...