World’s longest arch bridge in Dubai (soon)

by Grace on February 4, 2008

I heard it in the radio news a few days ago, Dubai plans to build the world’s longest arch bridge at a cost of a stunning 3 billion dirhams ($816 million).

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The mega bridge will measure 1,600 meters with an arch 205 meters high and 667 meters long. At 64 meters wide, the bridge will accommodate 12 lanes of traffic and a metro line running down its center. Sounds really promising to ease the present traffic gridlock in the present bridges over the Dubai Creek at the moment.

The bridge is modelled in the shape of an arch and it could be viewed like an acoustic wave forming a tone or like a dune or new moon in Dubai night.

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Beautiful, isn’t it? But don’t get too excited now, the bridge is said to be completed in four years – and we all know that everything comes to slow motion (including construction) during the peak of summer here.

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1 Blessed Nest February 4, 2008 at 11:47 am

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2 kailani February 4, 2008 at 2:08 pm

That is a beautiful bridge! Dubai never ceases to amaze me.

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3 Matt Ellsworth February 6, 2008 at 5:24 am

wow I think sums it up. All these neat things in dubai make me want to go there.

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4 Payday advance online September 17, 2009 at 2:54 am

Wow nice bridge I like it!

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