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Tag Archives: suspension bridges
India’s tallest bridge towers and pylons
The following list identifies the tallest bridge towers and pylons in India. Such support structures are principally found on cable-stayed and suspension bridges and the height is measured from ground or water level to the top of the tower/pylon. The … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Asia, Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, history, India, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged arhitecture, Asia, bridge, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, cities, engineering, geography, India, pylons, setu, suspension bridges, towers
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North America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons (Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Norte)
The following list identifies the tallest bridge towers and pylons in North America. Such support structures are principally found on cable-stayed and suspension bridges and the height is measured from ground or water level to the top of the tower/pylon. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, bicycling, bridges, Canada, Caribbean, cities, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, North America, Passenger rail, planning, product design, rail, recreation, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, bridge towers, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, engineering, highways, Mexico, Panama, pedestrian bridges, planning, pont, puente, Puerto Rico, pylons, suspension bridges, towers, transportation, transportation planning
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China’s clearly spectacular glass footbridges – UPDATED
Words can hardly describe this magnificent 1,726 foot glass suspension bridge that was recently completed over the Lianjiang River Gorge (part of the Huangchuan Three Gorges) in the Liangzhou District of China. It is world’s longest glass bridge and opened … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, Asia, bridges, China, fun, geography, hiking, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, technology, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged architecture, bridges, China, design, footbridges, glass bridges, gorges, pedestrians, spans, suspension bridges, tourism, travel
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Eight awesome bridges of Vietnam
Above and below are impressive bridge photographs of seven of the ten most popular bridges of Vietnam, plus one other beautiful one that I found on Trip Advisor.com. While all of them are intriguing in their own special way, it … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, bridges, cities, culture, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged arch bridges, architecture, art, Asia, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, Danang, design, dragons, Hanoi, highways, Ho Chi Minh City, infrastructure, planning, suspension bridges, transportation, Vietnam
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