Brooklyn Bridge

Bridge: Brooklyn Bridge
Type: Suspension bridge
Landmark: New York City
Location: New York City, US
Length/ Main span: 1058m/ 486m
Designer: John Roebling, Washington Roebling, and Emily Warren Roebling
Reference: Bridge- Build Bridges and Build Dreams, http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-york/images/brooklyn-bridge.php, ttp://www.gladitsnight.com/2008/05/23/

Sydney harbor bridge

Bridge: Sydney harbor bridge
Type: Arch bridge
Landmark: Sydney city
Location: Sydney, Australia
Length/ Main span: 1149m/ 503m
Arch height: 141m
Width: 49m
Designer: J.J.C.Bradfield & Ralph Freeman
Reference: http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1826048.html, http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpaper/sydney-harbour-bridge_pod_image.html

DaZhi Bridge

Bridge: DaZhi Bridge
Type: Cable-stayed bridge
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Length/ Main span: 245m/ 172m
Designer: Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsuyo/195571232/

Plashet School Footbridge

Bridge: Plashet School Footbridge
Enclosure material: 'Teflon' coated glass-fibre canopies
Location: Plaistow, London
Length: 70m
Designer: Architect Birds Portchmouth Russum
Reference: http://www.techniker.ltd.uk/projects/detail.cfm?iProject_id=36

Gibraltar Bridge

Bridge: Gibraltar Bridge
Type: Super-long span bridge (suspension bridge)
Location: Strait of Gibraltar, Spain-Morocco
Length/ Main span: 14km/ 5,000m
Designer: Professor T.Y. Lin
Cost: $15 billion
Reference: http://www.opacengineers.com/index.php?menu=projectsheet,Gibraltar, http://www.radiobridge.net/www/links/STRAITS. html,http://valena1.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

Berling Strait Bridge

Bridge: Berling Strait Bridge
Type: Cable-stayed bridge
Location: Berling Strait
Length/Main span: 80km/ 549m
Designer: Professor T. Y. Lin
Reference: Bridge- Build Bridge and Build Dream, http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/07/extreme-engineering-bridge-across.html

Alexander Arch

Bridge: Alexander Arch
Type: Footbridge
Location: Alexander Road, Singapore
Length: 80m
Width: 4m
Designer: LOOK Architects and ECAS-EJ Consultants Pte Ltd.
Reference: http://www.ura.gov.sg/sr_bridges/alexandra.htm, http://qingmoments.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/southern-ridges/

Henderson Bridge

Bridge: Henderson Bridge
Type: Footbridge
Location: Mount Faber Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park, Singapore
Length/ Main span: 274m/57m
Width: 8m
Pier: 78m above ground
Designer: George Legendre of IJP
Reference: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=376454, http://www.ura.gov.sg/sr_bridges/henderson.htm

Pedestrian bridge Leamouth

Bridge: Pedestrian bridge Leamouth
Type: three-hinged arch
Location: London, UK
Length: 105m
Designer: Strasky, Husty and Partners, Ltd. (SHP)
Reference: http://www.shp.eu/index.php?typ=SUB&showid=116

UCSD Cable-Stayed Bridge

Bridge: UCSD Cable-Stayed Bridge
Type: Composite cable-stayed road bridge (the longest in the world)
Composite material: Carbon (cable, pylon, girder), FRP (deck)
Location: UCSD campus, US
Length: 137m
Pylon: 46m
Width: 18m
Designer: Jean Muller International and Libby Engineers Inc.
Reference: Scientific American, Feb. 2000

Aberfeldy Footbridge

Bridge: Aberfeldy Footbridge
Type: Composite Cable-stayed footbridge (the longest in the world)
Composite material: Kevlar (cable), GRP (pylon, deck)
Location: Aberfeldy, Scotland, UK
Length/ main san: 113m/63m
Pylon: 18m
Width: 2.12m
Designer: Faber Maunsell
Reference: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0002215 , http://homepage.ntlworld.com/molyned/golf_courses_1.htm

Messina Straits Bridge

Bridge: Messina Straits Bridge
Type: Suspension bridge (the longest in the world under planning)
Location: between Calabria and Sicily, Italy
Crosses: Messina Straits
Length/ Main span: 5070m/ 3300m
Pylon: 382.6m
Deck width: 60.4m
Clearance: 70m above water
Designer: William Brown
Reference: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0004265, http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/messina/messina3.html