2. THE VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE IS THE TALLEST BRIDGE IN ITALY
• Named after the famous Italian explorer Giovanni da
Verrazano,
• This bridge has a tower 693 feet high and has a central span
of 4260 feet (1298 m).
• Built in 1964 until 1981, was the largest suspension bridge in
the world.
• This bridge connects Brooklyn with Staten Island and has
played an important role in the development of the Big Apple
3. LE PONT DE NORMANDIE IS THE TALLEST BRIDGE IN FRANCE
• The bridge is located in France,
• 2800 feet in length, with a height of 165 meters
above the water surface above Seine River.
• At completion, the construction costs reached 465
million dollars
4. MILLAU VIADUCT IS THE TALLEST BRIDGE IN FRANCE
• Located at an altitude of 343 meters and was named the world's
highest bridge in France,
• the bridge is very impressive even if its height is measured
almost a bit to match the Empire state building,
• it has a very solid structure and awesome even once in the
National Geographic Channel in the edition "megastructure ", in
direct inaugurated by French President Jacques Chirac and has
been a pride for the French state.
5. AKASHI-KAIKY BRIDGE IS THE TALLEST BRIDGE IN JAPAN
• Its height is 298.3 meters, stretching over the
Akashi Strait and connects the city of Kobe on the
island of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island.
Completed in 1998,
• this bridge is the world's longest suspension
bridge, with a central span of 1991 meters
6. NEW RIVER GORGE BRIDGE IS THE TALLEST BRIDGE IN United States
• Another major bridges in the United States is New river gorge bridge,
• Altitude of 267 meters above the river (the name of the river is the
New River) More than 17,000 cars cross the bridge every day, and
regarded as the tallest vehicular bridge in the Americas.
• The New River Gorge Bridge is the longest steel bridge before the
Millau Viaduct in France
• bridge is now also used for extreme sports like rappelling or base
jumping at the Fayette County festival