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Amazing Bridge Facts & Trivia!

Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is the most photographed bridge in the world.
   
Magdeburg Water Bridge The Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany is the longest navigable bridge in the world. It supports 34 meters wide, 918 meters long and 4.25 meters deep worth of water.
   
Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct in Southern France is the tallest bridge in the world. It is 2460 meters long and at its highest point 343 meters high.
   
Akashi - Kaikyo Bridge The Akashi - Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is the longest suspension bridge in the world with a total length of 3911 meters.
   
Sundial Bridge The Sundial Bridge in Redding, California stretches precisely from South to North making it a functional sundial.
   
Portage Lake Lift Bridge The Portage Lake Lift Bridge in Michigan is the heaviest and widest double decked bridge. It consists of 35,000 tons of concrete and 7000 tons of steel.

 

Lions Gate Bridge
 

LIONS GATE BRIDGE TRIVIA

The first party ever to cross over the Lions Gate Bridge bridge was guided by Major P.A. Curry, general manager of the Lions' Gate Bridge Company, and James Robertson, Pacific coast engineer for Dominion Bridge Company, one of the contractors for the bridge.