Great Bridges Codexery

A source-cited reference to great bridges

Great Bridges (22)

• The Golden Gate Bridge — Possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world.
• The Brooklyn Bridge — An iconic cable-stayed suspension bridge spanning the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• Tower Bridge — A Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and cantilever bridge in London, opened in 1894.
• Sydney Harbour Bridge — The iconic steel arch bridge spanning Sydney Harbour, known as the Coathanger.
• Akashi Kaikyo Bridge — The longest suspension bridge span in the world until 2022.
• The Millau Viaduct — A towering cable-stayed bridge across the Tarn gorge, opened in 2004.
• The Ponte Vecchio — Medieval bridge spared in WWII, lined with shops.
• The Rialto Bridge — Oldest bridge spanning Venice's Grand Canal, rebuilt in stone.
• Charles Bridge — Medieval stone arch bridge crossing the Vltava in Prague.
• The Chain Bridge — First permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary.
• Confederation Bridge — Canada's longest bridge and world's longest over ice-covered water.
• The Oresund Bridge — Combined road and rail link connecting Denmark and Sweden.
• Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge — World's longest bridge, measuring over 164 kilometres (102 mi) on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway.
• Royal Gorge Bridge — The highest suspension bridge in the United States, spanning the Royal Gorge since 1929.
• Mackinac Bridge — The Mighty Mac: longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.
• The Forth Bridge — Cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth.
• The Iron Bridge — The world's first major cast iron bridge, a symbol of the Industrial Revolution.
• Pont du Gard — A Roman aqueduct bridge of exceptional preservation and architectural ingenuity.
• Stari Most — A rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge spanning the Neretva in Mostar.
• Tsing Ma Bridge — Longest rail-carrying suspension bridge, linking Tsing Yi and Ma Wan.
• Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge — Suspension bridge linking Staten Island and Brooklyn across the Narrows.
• London Bridge — A series of Thames crossings since Roman times.

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