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Location. The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (locally pronounced carrick-a-reed) is a rope bridge near Ballintoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede (from Irish Carraig a' Ráid, meaning 'rock of the casting'). [ 1 ] It spans 20 metres (66 ft) and is 30 metres (98 ft) above the rocks ...
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3][4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by ...
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway, [2] is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long. The southern terminus of the causeway is in Metairie ...
This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support. Note: There is no standard way to measure the total length of a bridge. Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp ...
About $75 million was spent by the provincial government on constructing such a utility tunnel, but the project was cancelled in 1975. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 12.9 km (8.0 mi) Confederation Bridge , which connects Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick , is significantly shorter than the Newfoundland–Labrador link would be, and crosses the Abegweit ...
The causeway opened in 1955 after three years of construction. Constructed in an "S" shape, it has a base width of 244 m (801 ft) in waters having a maximum depth of 65 m (213 ft). Cape Breton Island remains circumnavigable as a result of the 24 m (79 ft) wide and 570 m (1,870 ft) long Canso Canal , which is located at the eastern end of the ...
The Giant's Causeway is a Unesco world heritage site made up of large hexagonal basalt columns protruding from the sea. It is one of the most visited tourist sites on the island of Ireland and ...
Inca rope bridges are simple suspension bridges over canyons, gorges and rivers (pongos) constructed by the Inca Empire. The bridges were an integral part of the Inca road system and exemplify Inca innovation in engineering. Bridges of this type were useful since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport – traffic was limited to ...