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World's tallest arch bridge being built in Dubai next month
Oh Dubai, you're such a crazy place. With more money than you know what to do with, you never stop trying to create the biggest and the craziest of every structure under the sun. The latest plan? To build the world's largest arch bridge.
The mile-long bridge will be 670 feet tall at its highest point, which is really, really tall. It'll have a whopping 12 lanes of traffic with a metro line running down the center and will be able to carry over 2,000 vehicles per hour. Costing $817 million to build, it's certainly not a cheap undertaking, but that hasn't stopped anyone in Dubai before. Construction is set to begin next month, and it'll be completed in 2012.
Fxfowle Architects, via io9
By murc at 8:43 PM ON 02/11/08
jeez.
If they keep building kick ass looking things, I may have to take a vayca there....eventually, then I get me some $.
By FHD at 6:58 AM ON 02/13/08
I'm an emaratian ..which means that I'm A UAE citizen .. and I live in Dubai .. it's an honor that those projects are built in my country. Dubai so far is without any doubt the best place I've ever seen !
By great at 6:41 PM ON 05/23/08
good
By wizzie at 11:38 PM ON 05/28/08
yeah it looks great, quite beautiful in fact.
... and when gas gets to be 7 freaking dollars a gallon here i can only imagine what will come next.
By karl at 8:27 AM ON 07/12/08
its v nice
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