Beautiful Bridges

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All over the world, bridges serve as connectors over valleys, bodies of water and many other things. Womand's Day wanted to recognize the biggest and the best standing, those magnificent in both structure and design.

From China's unique spiraled Nanpu Bridge to Turkey's continent-linking Bosphorus Bridge, have a look at these 16 impressive bridges. LINK: The Presurfer

Strangest Bridges Around the World

These bridges are located in Amsterdam and were made by Naomi. Three unusual red steel bridges extend over the water between the islands Sporenburg and Borneo. Two of these three bridges stretch for 90m and the 3d one is 25 meters long. The pedestrian bridge is the most unusual one. LINK

8 Most Beautiful Bridges in the World

A bridge can be a way of getting from one place to another. A bridge can also be a work of art, a sight for sore eyes, and a way to enhance the beauty of its surroundings. These bridges are all of these things! Shown is the Tower Bridge over the River Thames in London.

Link, Via: Neatorama

Interesting Bridges

Dark Roasted Blend has a photo-heavy roundup of interesting bridge construction, beginning with views of several bridges being built across huge gorges in China. The bridge shown is part of the Jinji Expressway. Also see large, artful, and scary bridges from around the world, plus links to earlier posts in the series on bridges. Link, Via: Neatorama

Bridge Demolition Opera

Destruction has never been more beautiful. LINK

10 Stunning Bridges From Around The World

The biggest, prettiest, and most interesting bridges all have stories behind them. Frikoo has ten of them with pictures and history, in a continuation of an earlier post also linked in this article. Pictured is Stari Most in Bosnia-Herzegovina, originally commissioned by Suleman the Magnificent in 1557. Link, Via: Neatorama

Ten Longest Bridges In World

King Fahd Causeway:


The King Fahd Causeway is multiple dike - bridge combination connecting Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and the island nation of Bahrain.
A construction agreement signed on July 8, 1981 led to construction beginning the next year. The cornerstone was laid on November 11, 1982 by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and Sheikh Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa of Bahrain; construction continued until 1986, when the combination of several bridges and dams were completed. The causeway officially opened for use on November 25, 1986. LINK