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The project was constructed as a tourist attraction. There are many tourists using it to cross the Huangpu River, although it costs more than tenfold the metro ticket. The tunnel provides a light (and sound) show; it does not display Shanghai sights. The ride takes between three and five minutes.
The top floor of the Oriental Pearl tower is at 351 metres (1,200 ft), which, combined with its 137 metres (450 ft) antenna, makes the tower 468 metres (1,500 ft) tall. [1] The tower was the tallest freestanding structure in China and Asia from 1994 to 2007, but was later surpassed by Canton Tower in Guangzhou .
Concrete tower: Shijiazhuang: 280 m (920 ft) 45: Central Plains Pearl TV Tower: 1998: Concrete tower: Luoyang: 278 m (912 ft) 45: Hong Kong New World Tower: 2002: Skyscraper: Shanghai: 278 m (912 ft) 47: Diwang International Commerce Center: 2006: Skyscraper: Nanning: 276 m (906 ft) 48: Wuhan World Trade Tower: 1998: Skyscraper: Wuhan: 273 m ...
A. ^ The Oriental Pearl Tower is not a habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , freestanding observation towers are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures.
The following is a list of buildings that in the past held, or currently holds, the title of the tallest building in mainland China. This list includes high-rises and skyscrapers only, excluding pre-modern buildings such as the Liaodi Pagoda and TV or observation towers such as the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Canton Tower. [34]
New York Yankees World Series tickets, prices. Depending on whether you check StubHub or Vivid Seats, tickets for Games 3-5 at Yankee Stadium in New York are selling for over $1,000 each.
The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."
Pearl Jam and Neil Young will headline Eddie Vedder's Ohana festival Sept. 27-29 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Ca. ... Tickets are on sale now for members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club fan ...