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44 Famous Bridges

Bridge is a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river,
road, railway or valley.

Read about some famous bridges to know about them.

Forth Bridge is a large 2.467 metre long cantilever

bridge located 14 kilometres west of the Edinburgh City
Centre where it spans the Firth of Forth, wide estuary of
several Scottish rivers. Located between villages of
South Queensferry and North Queensferry, this bridge

became an integral part of the railway network that
spans the England, Scotland and Wales.

Si-o-se Pol is one of the most famous bridges created in

the entire middle East, featuring an incredible design of
33 arches over river Zyanderud that together span
distance of almost 300 metres.

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai, India was
inaugurated in June 2009, linking the main island of
Mumbai to its suburbs. This bridge is India’s first eight-

lane freeway over the open sea. The bridge has been
built to reduce traffic.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge located near the Sydney

Opera House is a steel arch bridge across the Sydney
Harbour. The bridge was opened in 1932 and was
Sydney’s tallest structure until 1967. According to the
Guinness Book of World Records, it is the world’s tallest

steel arch bridge, measuring 134 m from top to the
water level. The bridge is also called ‘The Coathanger’.

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