The longest bridge in the world

MOST seven-league seven-mile bridge - one of the most popular places on the islands of Florida. This is a unique masterpiece of engineering. On all the islands of the archipelago Florida Keys nothing so often photographed, as this bridge. Surprising, because this is the longest bridge in the world, built from individual bonded blocks. If only very briefly, seven-league bridge connects the middle and lower parts of the Florida Keys. Its length is 10 kilometers, making it the longest bridge in the world. The width is almost 12 meters allowed to divide the movement into two bands. Interesting fact: The bridge consists of two parts (the old bridge and new bridge). Seven-league seven-league Bridge Old Bridge was built early last century, between 1909 and 1912. The project manager of Henry Flagler. He built a bridge mainly for railway transport. Then it was called "the railroad east coast of Florida," or "international rail bridge. However, during a hurricane in 1935, the bridge was badly damaged. To repair it, the government has allocated a considerable sum. Seven-league bridge turned into a track for passenger public transport. In 1960, the bridge again damaged during the hurricane. Construction of a modern seven-mile bridge began in 1978. Part of the old bridge now serves as a fishing pier. The new design consists of 440 separate blocks. In the middle of the bridge arches are higher under them easy to sail ships, even in the case of very large vessels, as a rule, remains a "stock height" of about 20 meters. The remaining part of the seven-mile bridge is located much closer to the water. Officially opened on May 24, 1982 The exact length of the bridge is 10 931nbsp; meters. Here is the longest bridge in the world with a bird's eye There is a tradition in which, in April of each year are organized marathon. For this bridge every time overlap of two and a half hours. In the part about the marathon and a half thousand people. On the seven-mile bridge were filmed scenes from many famous films, including "James Bond" Licence to Kill "and others. See also: Land Basin biggest edifice that was built on the planet living beings ... It flows from the rocks water ordinary record of a tsunami wave height Desert-record the largest lake in the world based on the volume and surface area record highs over the world have a rival Everest! The deepest point of the oceans cuho Here, as in the space where much warmer planet Fridge not very deep, but one of the longest caves Powerful tremors did not bring trouble, but the tsunami biggest river in the world as formed the largest seamounts Dead Sea - why is it so called? The place where the biggest annual rainfall Ice celestial bombardment Giants ice kingdom places of extreme temperatures