Wednesday 28 December 2011

Bartlett Dam

The Bartlett Dam is a concrete multiple-arch buttress dam on the Verde River, located 50 km northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam creates Bartlett Lake and its primary purpose is irrigation water supply.

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Tuesday 27 December 2011

Glen Canyon Dam

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River. It is situated in northern Arizona in the United States. The dam was built to provide hydroelectricity and flow regulation from the upper Colorado River Basin to the lower. Its reservoir is called Lake Powell, and is the second largest artificial lake in the country. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a colorful series of gorges, most of which now lies under the reservoir.

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The Palace of the Parliame

The Palace of the Parliament in situated in Bucharest, Romania. It is 12 stories building having 1100 rooms. Construction as the palace as started on 25 June 1984. It is a multi-purpose building containing both chambers of the Romanian Parliament. The Palace is the world's largest civilian administrative building, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Tuesday 20 December 2011

Millau Viaduct

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. Its height is 270 metres below the road deck. It is 12th highest bridge in the world. The bridge received the 2006 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award. Construction cost was approximately €400 million.

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Image of Millau Viaduct
Image of Millau Viaduct
Image of Millau Viaduct
Image of Millau Viaduct

High Five Interchange, Dallas

The High Five Interchange is a five-level freeway interchange that connects Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Freeway and Central Expressway in Dallas, Texas, United States. The High Five is the first five-level stack interchange in Dallas. The project has been completed at the $261 million, which started in 2002 and was completed in December 2005.

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Image of High Five Interchange Dallas
Image of High Five Interchange Dallas
Image of High Five Interchange Dallas
Image of High Five Interchange Dallas

Zion Mount tunnel Utah

The Zion Mount Carmel highway features a 1,711 metres tunnel called Zion Mount tunnel Utah.

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Image of Zion Mount Tunnel Utah
Image of Zion Mount Tunnel Utah

Seikan Tunnel

The Seikan Tunnel is a 53.85 kilometre railway tunnel in Japan. It has a 23.3 kilometre long portion under the seabed. Track level is about 140 metres below seabed and 240 metres below sea level. It connects Aomori Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu and the island of Hokkaido as part of the Kaikyo Line of Hokkaido Railway Company. Seikan is both the longest and the deepest operational rail tunnel in the world. It is also the longest undersea tunnel in the world.

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Image of Seikan Tunnel
Image of Seikan Tunnel
Image of Seikan Tunnel
Image of Seikan Tunnel

Saturday 17 December 2011

Inga Dam

The Inga Dams, located in western Democratic Republic of the Congo 140 miles southwest of Kinshasa, are hydroelectric dams on the largest waterfalls in the world, Inga Falls.

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Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange

The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange a stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California. It was opened with Interstate 105 in 1993, the interchange is named for Harry Pregerson, a longtime federal judge who presided over the lawsuit concerning the I-105 freeway's construction.

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Friday 16 December 2011

Puxi Viaduct Flyover Shanghai, China

Puxi Shanghai China Viaduct intersection is a famous intersection of highways and loops and turns.

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Khilgaon flyover

Khilgaon flyover is situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Wednesday 14 December 2011

Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. Total length of the bridge is 2,528.7 metres. It was opened on 4 March 1890.

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Severn Bridge

The Severn Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the River Severn between South Gloucestershire, England, and Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wales and took five years to construct at a cost of £8 million. The bridge was opened on 8 September 1966, by Queen Elizabeth II.

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