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The longest suspension bridges in the world!

Having already covered the tallest buildings and the highest mountains in the world.

For this list, we’re looking at the longest suspension bridges.

1. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Japan – 1,991m
The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, has the longest central span of any suspension bridge, at 1,991 metres (6,532 ft). It is located in Japan and was completed in 1998. The bridge links the city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshū to Iwaya on Awaji Island by crossing the busy Akashi Strait. It carries part of the Honshū-Shikoku Highway.

2. Xihoumen Bridge, China – 1,650m
The Xihoumen Bridge is a suspension bridge built on the Zhoushan Archipelago, the largest offshore island group in China. The main span was completed in December 2007. The entire bridge, along with Jintang Bridge, was opened to traffic on a test basis on 25 December 2009. The opening date was put off because of a ship collision on 16 November 2009 that slightly damaged the side of Jintang Bridge.

3. Great Belt Bridge, Denmark – 1,624m
The Great Belt Fixed Link is the fixed link between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen across the Great Belt. It consists of a road suspension bridge and railway tunnel between Zealand and the island Sprogo, as well as a box girder bridge between Sprogo and Funen. The “Great Belt Bridge” commonly refers to the suspension bridge, although it may also be used to mean the beam bridge or the link in its entirety.

4. Runyang Bridge, China – 1,490m
The Runyang Bridge is a large bridge complex that crosses the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, China, downstream of Nanjing. The complex consists of two major bridges that link Zhenjiang on the south bank of the river and Yangzhou on the north. The bridge is part of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway.

5. Humber Bridge, UK – 1,410m
The Humber Bridge is the fifth-largest single-span suspension bridge in the world, near Kingston upon Hull in England. It spans the Humber (the estuary formed by the rivers Trent and Ouse) between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Hessle on the north bank, connecting the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. The bridge carries an average of 120,000 vehicles per week, which pay a toll of £2.70 each way for cars (higher for commercial vehicles).

6. Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, China – 1,385m
The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge is the most seaward bridge to cross the Yangtze River of China. It connects the cities of Jiangyin and Jingjiang. The main span of the bridge is 1,385 metres meters long, making it the sixth-longest span suspension bridge in the world and the largest in China at the time of its completion in 1999. With the completion of the Runyang Bridge in 2005 and the Xihoumen Bridge in 2007 it became the third largest in China.

7. Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong – 1,377m
The Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. The bridge was named after two of the islands at its ends, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan . It has two decks and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge of this type. The bridge has a main span of 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 metres (676 ft). The span is the largest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic.

8. Verrazana-Narrows Bridge, USA – 1,298m
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows, the reach connecting the relatively protected upper bay with the larger lower bay.
The bridge is named for Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first known European navigator to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River, while crossing The Narrows. It has a center span of 4,260 feet and was the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1964, until it was surpassed by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom in 1981. It now has the eighth longest center span in the world, and is the largest suspension bridge in the United States. Its massive towers can be seen throughout a good part of the New York metropolitan area, including from spots in all five boroughs of New York City.

9. Golden Gate Bridge, USA – 1,280m
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed during the year 1937, and has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 1999, it was ranked fifth on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.

10. Yangluo Bridge, China – 1,280m

The Yangluo Bridge is a suspension bridge near Wuhan in the Hubei province of China. With a main span of 1,280 metres (4,200 ft), it is tied with the Golden Gate Bridge for the ninth longest suspension bridge in the world. The purpose of the bridge is to carry the recently constructed Wuhan Ring Road over the Yangtze River and provide easy access to both sides of the river as part of a larger plan to promote development in the eastern portion of the city. Construction on the bridge began on November 4, 2003 and it opened to traffic on December 26, 2007.

Are you searching for a one-of-a-kind dining experience? Travel around the world and try these restaurants!

A restaurant is an important establishment and integral part of our lives most especially to working people because it prepares and serves food and drink to busy people like me. You can dine-in, dine-out or avail of its food delivery services.

Burj al Alam: Future World’s Highest Restaurant

Once the Burj Al Alam or World Tower open in 2012, it will contain the highest restaurant in the world. This 108 story with a height of 510 meters is a hyperboloid under construction in Dubai, UAE. The building will also contain 74 floors of office space, a retail area at the base, and a high-end hotel and serviced apartments in the top 27 floors. A luxury 5-star hotel section is to contain the highest hotel rooms in the world. The building will also feature a 6-storey crown that will contain a Turkish bath, sky garden, and other club facilities.

Damascus Gate Restaurant: World’s Largest Restaurant

When you visit Damascus, the capital of Syria and one of the world’s oldest cities, don’t miss dining at the largest restaurant in the world – the Damascus gate Restaurant. This huge restaurant can accommodate 6,014 costumers and employs a workforce of 1,800 people. This restaurant that opened in 2006 is called Bawabet Dimashq in Arabic. It has a 54,000 sq-m dining area and 2,500 sq-m kitchen.

El Bulli: The Best Restaurant in the World

It will be a great honor to eat in a restaurant which is regarded as the best in the world like El Bulli. This pride of Catalonia in Spain has been described as “the most imaginative generator of haute cuisine on the planet” and does a great deal of work on molecular gastronomy. It was named as the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine a record five times – in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. It also won the Michelin star 3 times – 1976, 1984 and 1996. The El Bulli was established in 1961. The average cost of a meal is 250 euro.

Aragawa Restaurant: World’s Most Expensive Restaurant

Shinbashi district, where Aragawa Restaurant is located, is situated in central Tokyo – directly adjacent to Shiodome.

Only the rich can afford to eat in this restaurant located in Tokyo’s Shinbashi district. The cost of a dinner for one in this restaurant is a whooping $368… only!!! This steak house is famous for its beef and in fact, steak is the only food it serves. It has its own farm and serves its steaks with pepper and mustard only. As they say, the beef is very expensive but very delicious.

The Fat Duck: The Best Restaurant that Serves Unusual Dishes in the World

Are you looking for a restaurant that offers peculiar foods? Try The Far Duck restaurant in the UK. This restaurant is known for its menu of unusual dishes like snail porridge, sardine on toast sorbet, bacon and egg ice cream and salmon poached with liquorices. It was established in 1995 and had won the Michelin star 3 times and it was named as the world’s best restaurant by Restaurant magazine in 2005 and Best Restaurant in the UK in 2008 and 2009.

Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House: World’s Oldest Restaurant

Be part of of this restaurant’s history, dine at Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House located in Kaifeng, China. It is by some accounts the world’s oldest restaurant. It had been operational since 1153 and has survived numerous wars, invasions, and dynasty changes but still offers takeout food. As the name implies, this restaurant specialized in bucket chicken.

Sobrino de Botín: Recognized World’s Oldest Restaurant by Guinness World Records

Since there are no sufficient documents to prove that the Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House is the oldest restaurant in the world, the official title was given by Guinness Book Records to Sobrino de Botín. This restaurant is located in Calle de los Cuchilleros 17, 28005 in Madrid, Spain. It was established in 1725 and recognized as the world’s oldest eatery. Part of the restaurant’s folklore has it that a young Francisco Goya worked there as a waiter whilst he was waiting to get a place at Madrid’s. Specialty of the Sobrino is cochinillo asado or roast suckling pig. Other signature dishes include sopa de ajo, an egg, poached in chicken broth, and laced with sherry and garlic, and the favorite pick-me-up with Madrileño revelers.

Tour d’Argent: One of the Oldest and Historic Restaurant in Europe

Another historic restaurant that will surely provide a unique and unforgettable dining experience is La Tour d’Argent. It is located in the most visited city in the world – Paris in France. It is said to have been in operation since 1582. This 400 year-old restaurant is said to be one of the favorites of Henry IV. It specialized in pressed duck and has its own farm on which it raises its ducks.

Dining in this restaurant is truly memorable because a diner who orders a duck receives a postcard with the serial number of the duck. The restaurant also has a wine cellar containing more than half a million bottles of wine, costing many millions of dollars. This restaurant is also known as The Silver Tower or Tower of Money.

Ye Olde Union Oyster House: Oldest Restaurant in the US

If you live in the US or will visit the country dine at the oldest restaurant in the New World – Ye Olde Union Oyster House. It is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has been open to diners since 1826. Famous diners of this historic oyster house were the Kennedy-s (President John F. Kennedy’s favorite booth at Union Oyster House is marked with a plaque.), Daniel Webster, King Philippe of France and Rose Carey, America’s first waitress. The restaurant offers seafood, poultry, baked beans, steak and chops.

Stiftskeller St Peter: Oldest Restaurant in Europe

The authenticity of Stiftskeller St. Peter as the oldest restaurant in Europe is yet to be proven. It is claimed to be Central Europe’s oldest inn because of a document mentioning it in 803. If this will be authenticated, it will be the oldest, not only in Europe, but in the world. This historic restaurant is located within the monastery walls of St. Peter’s Archabbey in Salzburg, Austria.

Le Grand Vefour: Paris’ First Grand Restaurant

Paris is famous for Lovre, Eiffel, Triumphal Arch, fashion, palaces and Le Grand Vefour – its first grand restaurant. It was opened in the arcades of the Palais-Royal in 1784. Famous diners include long list of immortal heavyweights of French culture and politics. It was closed from 1905 to 1947 and re-opened in 1948 to continue its tradition of gastronomy at the same location, “a history-infused citadel of classic French cuisine”.

360 Restaurant: World’s Highest and Largest Revolving Restaurant

The CN Tower in Canada is the most remarkable landmark of Toronto in Ontario. It was once the tallest free-standing structure in the world. This famous tower contains the world’s highest and largest revolving restaurant at a height of 351 meters or 1151 feet.

Piz Gloria Restaurant: World’s First Revolving Restaurant

Dining in a revolving restaurant will surely be a unique experience and one of the best is – Piz Gloria. It is located in Schiltron, Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The Piz Gloria restaurant, which offers breathtaking views of the surrounding area, claims to be the first revolving restaurant in the world is atop of the Schilthorn over Murren at 2,970 meters or 9,744 feet.

The creation of Piz Gloria restaurant originated in the Ian Fleming James Bond novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963). It features a James Bond exhibition (memorabilia and film clips) in the lower floor.

Metro-Alpin Restaurant: World’s Highest Revolving Restaurant

Metro-Alpin Restaurant in Switzerland at 3,456 meters or 11,483 feet at the top of the Saas-Fee lift system is regarded as the highest revolving restaurant in the world. Saas-Fee, where the restaurant is located, is the main village in the Saastal or the Saas Valley and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais.

Sirocco: World’s Largest Open-Air Restaurant

Aren’t you afraid of height? Do you enjoy watching panoramic views from high places while having your dinner? If you say yes, then Sirocco, the world’s largest all open-air restaurant and Sky Bar, is the right place for you. The restaurant’s main feature is a spectacular 270° panorama of the Chao Phraya River and Bangkok City. Mediterranean foods are the specialty of this restaurant.

This restaurant is located on the 64th floor of the State Tower in Bangkok, Thailand. This building is the largest in Southeast Asia and the second tallest in Thailand.

More restaurants in the sky

Skylon Tower

Experience dining in the sky at the Skylon Tower located in Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada while watching the breathtaking views of the American Falls in New York and the Horseshoe Falls in Ontario. Skylon Tower has two revolving restaurants that can accommodate 276 people and revolves once every hour.

Cairo Tower

The Cairo Tower in Egypt is another place where you can dine while watching the scenic views of the city. It is one of Cairo’s most famous and well-known landmarks. A single rotation of the tower’s rotating restaurant takes approximately 70 minutes.

Encounter Restaurant: A One-of-A-Kind Restaurant

This space style restaurant is located at Los Angeles International Airport in LA California in the United States of America.

This uniquely-shaped restaurant serves good but affordable food. Dine at night, and you’ll see the floodlit arches change color every few minutes.

Banyan Treehouse Café: Unique Restaurant

This unique restaurant is located in Onyama Park in Okinawa, Japan. This one’s not actually a restaurant on top of a tree. It is actually a replica of a giant Banyan tree or Gajamaru tree. The tree is made of concrete and built as a restaurant. This eatery serves Asian foods. Customers ascend via a lift inside the trunk. The restaurant has a spiral staircase fire escape at the side.

Yellow Treehouse Restaurant: Unique Restaurant

Well, this one’s real. It is a real restaurant built 40 feet up the trunk of a real giant Redwood tree by Yellow Pages. This unique restaurant which can accommodate 18 customers is located near Auckland in New Zealand.

Ithaa: Underwater Restaurant

Looking for the most unusual dining experience? How about dining underneath the sea? Ithaa is the right place for you. Ithaa is the world’s first underwater restaurant located 5 meters below sea level at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa in Maldives.

It was constructed in Singapore and was brought to Maldives in 2005. This peculiar restaurant can accommodate 14 costumers. The cost of meal ranges from US$120.00 to US$250.00. This unique undersea restaurant’s estimated life span is 20 years.

If a cheap Ferrari mobile phone is not exactly what you need, maybe a Mercedes Benz fits your tastes better. Of course, such a handset would first need to exist and to be commercially available, but that’s not a problem anymore: a Chinese manufacturer has come up with COOLF5, a mobile phone that mimics the look of the aforementioned famous Mercedes car.

The COOLF5 comes in a fiery white color and, at a first glance, it looks like a toy. However, the device intends to be a serious one, as it packs a set of features targeted at any regular mobile user.

Unlike a real Mercedes car, though, the Mercedes mobile phone is far from being fast. The device only comes with dual-band GSM connectivity (900 / 1800 MHz) and GPRS, hence its owners will not be able to surf the Web or transfer data at decent speeds.

Moving on to the handset’s features, we have: a 2.2 inch TFT display with 260K colors and a QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels), dual SIM capabilities, WAP browser, email, SMS, MMS, Bluetooth, Music player, Video player, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, polyphonic ringtones, e-book reader, support for English, Chinese and other languages, calendar, alarm clock, calculator, scheduler, notepad and so on.

The white Mercedes handset measures 120 x 51 x 22 millimeters and weighs 122 grams. Its battery is said to offer between 120 and 500 minutes of talk-time or between 150 and 520 hours of stand-by time.

The COOLF5 Mercedes Benz-wannabe is available for only 999 Chinese yuan, the equivalent of about 145 USD or 95 Euros. Interested users can find the handset at this online retailer from China. Anyway, since the phone’s producer is an anonymous one, we seriously doubt about its proper functionality, hence we don’t advise anyone to buy it unless he/she can test it first.