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Here is a list of the ten longest bridges in the world with pictures and descriptions. Those beautiful pictures shows us that there are no limits and everything can access.

10. Seven-mile bridge

The seven-mile bridge in the Florida Keys, and runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Straits, which connects the main vaca (site of the town of Marathon, Florida) in the middle of the main keys to a little duck in the lower keys. One of the longest bridges in existence when it was built, one of the many bridges on U.S. 1 in the keys, as called for the highway and overseas.

9. San Mateo - Bridge Hayoard

San Mateo - Hayoard bridge called the San Mateo Bridge (the bridge crossing the Gulf of California in San Francisco in the United States, linking the peninsula with the San Francisco East Bay. More specifically, the bridge is in the west end of strengthening the city, the latest in urban areas, in addition To the eastern edge of San Mateo. Eastern edge of the bridge is in Hayoard. Bridge is owned by the state of California, maintained by caltrans, the state agency highways.

8. Union Bridge

French Union Bridge: Confédération city of Los Angeles de Pont) is a bridge extending over abegweit Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada. It was often referred to as “fixed link” by the people of Prince Edward Island before the official designation. Building from the fall in 1993 to the spring in 1997, at a cost of $ 1.3 billion. The 12.9-kilometre (May long bridge opened in May 31, 1997.

7. Rio Bridge - niteroi

Rio - niteroi bridge is a structure of reinforced concrete that links the cities of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and niteroi.
Construction began symbolically in the Aug. 23, 1968, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the first and only so far on a visit to Brazil. Actual work began in January 1969, opened on March 4, 1974.
Official name is “President Costa e Silva Bridge”, in honor of the Brazilian president ordered its construction. “Rio - niteroi” began as a descriptive nickname, which soon became better known than the official name. Today, almost no one suggests that the official name before.

6. Penang Bridge

Penang Bridge (jambatan Pulau Pinang in Malay (36 e is a dual carriageway gelugor toll bridge linking the island of Penang and seberang prai on the mainland of Malaysia for Malay Peninsula. Bridge is also linked to the highway between North and South in prai and jelutong highway in Penang. Has been officially opened to traffic on September 14, 1985. The length of this bridge is 13.5 kilometers (8.4 miles), making it one of the longest bridges in the world, which is the longest bridge in the country, as well as national landmark . Addition to the highway berhad is the concessionaire that runs.

5. Vasco da Gama bridge

The bridge Vasco da Gama (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama, pron. Go to: [ 'põt (?)' Alliance? Kuo d? 'G? M?]) Is a cable-stayed bridges, roads and bridges surrounded by the river extends to the Crown River near the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. It is the longest bridge in Europe (including bridges), with a total length of 17.2 kilometers (10.7 miles), including 0.829 kilometres (0.5 miles) of the main bridge, 11.5 kilometers (7.1 miles) The bridges, and 4.8 kilometers (3.0 miles) of dedicated access routes. Its purpose is to alleviate congestion on the bridge to the other Lisbon (25 abril de bridge), and previously to join the radiation from the highways is not relevant to Lisbon.

4. Chesapeake Bay Bridge

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge), known as the Gulf Bridge) is a major bridge over the double in the U.S. state of Maryland, along the Chesapeake Bay, it links between the state and the east and west coast regions. At 4.3 miles (7 km) in length, may extend the original in the world over the longest continuous steel structures in the water when it opened in in 1952. Bridge officially name (William Preston hot, warm, Jr. Memorial Bridge after William Preston, son, Governor of the State of Maryland, carried out construction.

3. King Fahd Causeway

The King Fahd Causeway is a multi-dam - a combination of the bridge, which links the news, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the island.

Based on the agreement signed on July 8, 1981 led to construction beginning next year. And placed the cornerstone of the November 11, 1982 by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain; construction continued until 1986, when a combination of several bridges and dams have been completed. Officially opened the way for the use of November 25, 1986.

2. Bridge donghai

Donghai Bridge (literally “Eastern Sea Great Bridge”) is the longest cross-sea bridge in the world and the longest bridge in Asia. Having completed on December 10, 2005. And has a total length for the 32.5 kilometers (20.2 miles) and connects Shanghai and external yangshan deep-water port in China. Over the bridge is a bridge to a low level. There is also a cable-stayed doors to allow passage of large ships, with a greater extent than 420 m.

1. Lake pontchartrain

Pontchartrain lake road, or road, which consists of two parallel bridges that are of the longest bridges in the world and the total length. [2] in parallel with these pontchartrain bridges crossing the lake in southern Louisiana. The longest of the two bridges is 23.87 miles (38.42 km) long. Bridges supported by more than 9000 Huddling concrete. Bascule bridges feature extends over the channel 8 nautical miles (13 kilometers) south of the North Shore. The southern end of the road is in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. North ultimately is Mandeville, Louisiana.

Seemed like a catchy title, but there’s really nothing hilarious about it, just tragic and bizarre.

These photos were taken at the Fairview Cemetery, in Springfield, where 79-year-old Norman Thompson, member of the Antioch Shrine Funster Clown Unit, was buried, on May 29. His clown-friends dressed up for the occasion and honored Norman, for the last time.

It looks bizarre, I know, but I was reading about this on the web, and found out that this is a tradition for clowns and magicians. Apparently this is the way they show their respect to their fallen colleagues.

via Springfield News Sun

Everybody loves a good food fight. But there’s no food fight like a pie fight.

251 children gathered at the Kidz Stuff Festival, in Horsham, southern England, to stage the biggest custard pie fight ever. The event took place on May 31 2009 with the clear goal of setting a new record for the largest custard pie fight. The current record stands at 120, but it will surely fall once the Guinness Book of Records finishes its verification.

Chinese discover deadly combination: soccer and Kung Fu martial arts.

The first thing that came into my mind, when I first saw these photos, was the movie Shaolin Soccer. Ok, so it wasn’t the best film ever made, but it had a pretty cool idea, mixing a popular sport like soccer with martial arts. Now the Chinese bring fantasy into real life with the women’s kung fu soccer team.

The kung fu soccer team was founded in Tanggu, and the girls showcased their abilities for the first time on May 31, in Tianjin. From What I can see, these girls got game!

via China.org.cn

Why journey to Vulcan in a spaceship when you can just drive there?

The Canadian town of Vulcan, Alberta has become a true pilgrimage site for Star-Trek fans because of its coincidental link to the sci-fi series. Vulcan received its name in 1915, from a surveyor of the Canadian Pacific Railway who named it after the Roman God of Fire. It has no connection to Mister Spock’s home planet, but dotrekkies care?

Of course not, anything that relates to the Star-Trek universe, accidentally or not, is worth a visit. So the people of Vulcan decided to capitalize on this great tourism opportunity and built a 5-ton replica of the USS Enterprise. And it paid out. This year trekkies gathered in Vulcan, Alberta for a celebration called Spock Days.

Photos show Klingons, Romulans, Tholians, Vulcans and even good old Captain Kirk had a great time in Vulcan this year.

via Telegraph.co.uk

‘Surprisingly’ the US Texting Champ is a 15-year-old girl.

Kate Moore, a young girl from Des Moines, Iowa, took home the title of 2009 US Texting Champion and a prize of $50,000. But she had to work hard for every cent. LG, the contest organizer, made this year’s competition a very difficult one.

Contestants had to type tough messages while blindfolded, text acronyms, run an obstacle-course and text at the same time, and even text tongue-twisters while being taunted by actors dressed as emoticons. Moore made it to the final tie-breaker with runner up Dynda Morgan, and won the championship by typing“Zippity Dooo Dahh Zippity Ayy…MY oh MY, what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine Comin’ my way….Zippitty Do Dah Zippity Aay! WondeRful Feeling Wonderful day!” faster than her opponent.

15-year-old Kate Moore stated she texts between 400-500 times a day and an average of 12,041 times a month.

CNN via Switched