Theodore Roosevelt Dam

Theodore Roosevelt Dam is constructed over the Salt River located northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 357 feet high and was built between 1905 and 1911, and renovated between 1989 to 1996.The dam has a hydroelectric generating capacity of 36,000 kW. The dam forms the Theodore Roosevelt Lake as it impounds the Salt River.

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Bixby Creek Bridge

Bixby Creek Bridge is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge in Big Sur, California. It is located 190 km south of San Francisco and 21 km south of Carmel in Monterey County along California Highway One. Bixby Creek Bridge is used to connect the remote coastal towns to each other.

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klong Canal, Thailand

A klong is the general name for a canal in the central plain of Thailand. The klong were used for transportation and for floating markets, but also for sewage. Today, most of the klongs of Bangkok have been filled in and converted into streets. The traditional floating markets now exist mainly as tourist attractions, the most famous one at Damnoen Saduak in the Ratchaburi province.

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Dubai Mall

The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping mall based on total area and fifth largest by gross leasable area. Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is part of the 20-billion-dollar Burj Khalifa complex, and includes 1,200 shops. Access to the mall is provided via Doha Street, rebuilt as a double-decker road in April 2009. Dubai Mall was opened on November 4, 2008, with about 600 retailers, marking the world's largest-ever mall opening in retail history. The Dubai Mall has recorded a visitor turn-out of more than 60,000 tickets sold for the Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre in the first five days, following its opening. The Dubai Mall hosted over 37 million visitors in 2009, and attracts more than 750,000 visitors every week.

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Great Seto Bridge

The Great Seto Bridge is a series of double deck bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in Japan across a series of five small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. It was built over the period 1978–88, is one of the three routes of the Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project connecting Honshū and Shikoku islands. At 13.1 kilometers, it ranks as the world's longest two-tiered bridge system. It takes about 20 minutes by car or train to cross the bridge. The ferry crossing before the bridge was built took about an hour. The bridges carry two lanes of highway traffic in each direction (Seto-Chūō Expressway) on the upper deck and one railway track in each direction (Seto-Ōhashi Line) on the lower deck. The lower deck was designed to accommodate an additional Shinkansen rail line in each direction.

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Taipei 101

Taipei 101 formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center is a skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. The building was architecturally created as a symbol of the evolution of technology and Asian tradition. Its postmodernist approach to style incorporates traditional design elements and gives them modern treatments.The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. The tower has served as an icon of modern Taiwan ever since its opening, and received the 2004 Emporis Skyscraper Award. The tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes. A multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs.

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