Category: Travel
MILLAU VIADUCT BRIDGE MAP Crossing Tarn Valley, Millau, France Designer/Engineer Foster + Partners Completed 2004 Span 1,148 feet (350 meters) Materials Steel, concrete Type Cable-stayed A span so high …
PONTE VECCHIO BRIDGE MAP Crossing Arno River, Florence, Italy Designer Taddeo Gaddi Completed 1345 Length 330 feet (100 meters) Material Masonry Type Arch This picturesque Florentine landmark is an …
LUSITANIA BRIDGE MAP Crossing Guadiana River, Merida, Spain Designer/Engineer Santiago Calatrava Completed 1991 Span 620 feet (189 meters) Materials Steel, concrete Type Arch and box girder The arch and …
VITOLS MUSEUM Just as Liszt was accorded a grace and favour home in the Budapest Music Academy for his contribution to Hungarian music, so was Jazeps Vltols, for his …
PONT DU GARD BRIDGE MAP The Pont du Gard stands as testimony to the Roman genius for hydraulic engineeringand construction management. Although the Romans were not the first to …
SMETANA MUSEUM The central position occupied by the Smetana museum in Prague powerfully symbolizes the place that Bedrich Smetana holds in Czech music: it occupies the former Old Town …
COVERED BRIDGE MAPS It is little wonder that covered bridges have been called “kissing bridges” and “tunnels of love.” Set in bucolic landscapes, often off the beaten path, they …
BOB GRAHAM SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE MAP To celebrate the Sunshine State, the stays are painted a brilliant yellow. From a distance, the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks like …