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The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, has the longest central span of any suspension bridge. The central span is a staggering 1,991 meters, or 6,532 ft. It took a century to overcome deep waters, strong winds, and high chance of earthquakes to build the Rion-Antirion Bridge. Completed in 2004, it spans the Gulf of Corinth and won an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award. The Netherlands North Sea Protection Works is a marvel of coastal engineering created to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea. The Millennium Force Roller Coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, is the world’s tallest (310 feet) and fastest (92 mph) roller coaster, and is supported by 226 footers using 9,400 yards of concrete. It took 175 truckloads of steel to create the frame. </div> <div> the Hoover Dam, standing 726.4 feet high, is one of the tallest concrete dams ever built and created...

In the 18th century, the term “civil engineering” came into use to describe engineering work that was performed by civilians for nonmilitary purposes. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) was founded in a coffee shop in London in 1818 by eight young civil engineers, the youngest was 19. The first degree in Civil Engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835. The first civil engineering degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States.

1. Jinping-I Dam Height: 305 m (1,001 ft) Type: Concrete Arch Location: China 2. Nurek Dam Height:300 m (980 ft) Type: Embankment, earth-fill Location: Tajikistan 3.Xiaowan Dam Height: 292 m (958 ft) Type: Concrete Arch Location: China 4.Xiluodu Dam Height: 285.5 m (937 ft) Type: Concrete Arch Location: China 5.Grande Dixence Dam Height: 285 m (935 ft) Type: Concrete Gravity Location: Switzerland 6. Inguri Dam Height: 271.5 m (891 ft) Type: Concrete Arch Location: Georgia 7.Manuel Moreno Torres Dam Height: 261 m (856 ft) Type: Embankment Earth fill Location: Mexico 8.Nuozhadu Dam Height: 261 m (856 ft) Type: Embankment Location: China 9.Tehri Dam Height: 260.5 m (855 ft) Type:  Embankment Earth fill Location: India 10.Mauvoisin Dam Height: 250 m (820 ft) Type: Concrete Arch Location: Switzerland

Syncrude Tailings Dam(Canada) Height 133 to 288 ft (41 to 88 m) (2001) Length 11.3 miles (18.2 km) (2001) Tarbela Dam(Pakistan) Height 143.26 metres (470 ft) from river level Length 2,743.2 metres (9,000 ft) Fort Peck Dam(United States) Height 250 ft (76 m) Length 21,026 ft (6,409 m) Width (crest) 50 ft (15 m) Width (base) 3,500 ft (1,100 m) Dam volume 125,628,000 cu yd (96,049,000 m3) Spillway type Controlled overflow, 8x bulkhead gates Spillway capacity 250,000 cu ft/s (7,100 m3/s) Atatürk Dam(Turkey) Height 169 m (554 ft) Length 1,819 m (5,968 ft) Houtribdijk(Netherlands) Total length 30 km Width 68 m Oahe Dam(United States) Height 245 feet (75 m) Length 9,360 feet (2,850 m) Dam volume 93,122,000 cubic yards (71,197,000 m3) Gardiner Dam(Canada) Height 64 m (210 ft) Length 5,000 m (16,400 ft) Spillway type Gated overflow Spillway capacity 7,500 m3/s (264,860 cu ft/s) Mangla Dam(Pakistan) Height 147 m (482 ft) Length 3,140 m (10,302 ft) ...

Akashi Kaikyō Bridge Span: 1991m Year Opened: 1998 Location: Japan Xihoumen Bridge Span: 1650m Year Opened: 2009 Location: China Great Belt Bridge Span: 1624m Year Opened:1998 Location: Denmark Yi Sun-sin Bridge Span: 1545m Year Opened: 2012 Location: South Korea Runyang Bridge Span: 1490m Year Opened: 2005 Location: China Nanjing Fourth Yangtze Bridge Span: 1418m Year Opened:2012 Location: China Humber Bridge Span:1410m Year Opened: 1981 Location: USA Jiangyin Bridge Span: 1385m Year Opened: 1999 Location: China Tsing Ma Bridge Span: 1377m Year Opened: 1997 Location: Hong Kong Hardanger Bridge Span: 1310m Year Opened: 2013 Location: Norway

Hoover dam Bypass bridge New Forth Road Bridge,Scotland Under Construction in 1963 al-Rahman mosque under construction. The building is 750 feet across ( 250~meters) and occupies 11 acres. One world Trade Centre San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Skyway Sidney Lanier Bridge Gordon Dam Three Gorges Dam Infinity Tower (Dubai) CCTV Tower, Beijing