Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge: The World's Longest Sea Crossing
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2018
The world’s longest sea crossing connecting Hong Kong with Macau and Zhuhai opened this week in China. The unusual bridge cum tunnel system ...
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How The London Bridge Was Sold to America
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 11, 2018
For centuries, children and kindergarteners have sung and danced to the tune of London Bridge is falling down , but when engineers discovere...
What Mathematics Has to Do With The Seven Bridges of Königsberg
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 7, 2018
Wedged between Poland and Lithuania, along the Baltic Coast, is a piece of Russia located 200 miles away from the Russian border. The Kalini...
The Bamboo Bridge of Kampong Cham That is Built And Dismantled Every Year
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2018
Across the turbid waters of the Mekong River, in eastern Cambodia, runs a long rickety bamboo bridge connecting the river island of Koh Pen,...
Demonstration of a Cantilever Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2018
A cantilever bridge is a bridge whose main elements are cantilevers—structures that are anchored at only one end while the other end floats ...
Trinity Bridge: The Orphaned Bridge of Crowland
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2018
In the heart of Crowland, a small town in Lincolnshire, England, is a unique attraction—a 14th century stone arch bridge standing by the sid...
The Oldest Bridge In The World
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2018
The ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located approximately midway between the modern cities of Baghdad and Basrah, in southern Iraq, is one o...
The Triple Bridge of Pontarfynach
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2018
About 15 km outside Aberystwyth, in Wales, is a small village named Pontarfynach, meaning “the bridge on the Mynach”. As the name suggest, t...
The Floating Bridges of Seattle
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2017
A bridge of concrete and steel that floats may seem highly unusual, if not impossible, but there are twenty such bridges around the world, f...
11 Foot 8 Inches: The Infamous ‘Can Opener’ Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2016
At 11 foot 8 inches, the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, located in Durham, North Carolina, United States, is a bit too short. The...
Lucky Knot Bridge in Changsha, China
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2016
A curvaceous new footbridge inspired by the Mobius strip has opened in Changsha, China, that offers pedestrians a variety of different route...
Unusual Drawbridge Railway Crossing in Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2016
South of Rockhampton in Queensland, Australia, are a number of drawbridge-like crossings that carry 2-feet tracks of the Sugar Cane Railway ...
Fictional Bridges on Euro Banknotes Become Real
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2016
In 2002, the European Central Bank introduced seven new bank notes to the union. Each note featured an artwork of a bridge on the back. Acco...
The Infinite Bridge in Aarhus, Denmark
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2016
The “Infinite Bridge” is located in Denmark’s second-largest city Aarhus. Designed by Gjøde & Povlsgaard Arkitekter for the 2015 “Sculpt...
Friedrich Bayer Bridge, Sao Paulo
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2016
The Friedrich Bayer Bridge is located in front of headquarters of the German multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer, in Sao Paulo, Brazi...
The Bridge of Sighs
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2016
The Bridge of Sighs, also known as the Ponte dei Sospiri, is one of the most famous bridges of Venice. This curved, fully enclosed bridge is...
Bridges With Buildings
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2016
Back in the old days, one of the easiest way to raise money for a bridge’s maintenance was to rent space over the bridge to merchants and sh...
The Floating Guangji Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2016
Guangji Bridge, also known as Xiangzi Bridge, is an ancient bridge across the Han River in Chaozhou, Guangdong province, China. It is renown...
Anping Bridge, China’s Longest Ancient Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2016
Spanning the bay between Jinjiang County and Nan'an County, west of Fuzhou City, China, is the beautiful 12th century Anping Bridge, als...
The Bridges of Prague
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2016
Located on the banks of Vltava River, the historic city of Prague and the capital of Czech Republic is said to be one of Europe’s best prese...
