1. Banpo Bridge (South Korea): The Fountain Bridge
On 9 September 2008, the Banpo Bridge in Seoul (South Korea) got a major facelift: 10,000 nozzle fountain that runs all the way on both sides. Immediately after being installed, the bridge turned into a major tourist attraction, as the bridge pumps out 190 tons of water per minute using the water from the river below.
2. Millau Bridge (France): World's Tallest Bridge vehicular
Towering above the 1125-ft Tarn Valley in southern France, driving along the Millau Bridge is said to feel like flying. Foster + Partners marvel is slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower, took three years to build and opened to the public in 2004. While it may provide picturesque views of the valley below, once the mist down that route is not for the faint hearted! The Millau Bridge has a total length of 8,071-ft with the longest single span at 1,122-ft and a maximum clearance below of 886-ft; short bridge is massively impressive both on paper and in real life. The deck is lofted on 7 pylons and weighs 36,000 tonnes. A series of 7 masts, each 292-feet high and weighing 700 tons, which is attached to the corresponding pole.
3. Henderson Waves (Singapore): Most Beautiful Pedestrian Bridge
At a height of 36 meters or 12 storeys from the road, it is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. The 300-meter bridge links up the parks at Mount Faber and Telok Blangah Hill. 
4. Hangzhou Bay Bridge (China): World's Longest Trans-Oceanic Bridge
Across the Hangzhou Bay extends the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world, with 35,673 kilometers (22 miles) in length with a six-lane highway in both directions. The bridge was built to address traffic congestion in the booming region, cutting the driving time between Shanghai and Ningbo from four to two and a half hours. Finally opened to the public on May 1, 2008. Total investment on the bridge was RMB 11.8 billion (approximately U.S. $ 1.4 billion.)
5.Rolling Bridge (UK): The Bridge that Curls Up on Itself
Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the award-winning Rolling Bridge is located Paddington Basin, London. Rather than a conventional opening bridge mechanism, consisting of a single rigid element that lifts to let boats pass, the Rolling Bridge gets out of the way by curling up until its two ends touch. While in its horizontal position, the bridge is a normal, inconspicuous steel and timber footbridge; fully open, it forms a circle on the edge of the water that bears little resemblance to its former self. Twelve meters long, the bridge is made in eight steel and timber sections, and is made to curl by hydraulic rams set into the handrail between each section.
6.Oliveira Bridge (Brazil): World's First X-shaped Cable Stayed Bridge with two crossed lines
The Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge over the Pinheiros River in São Paulo, Brazil opened in May 2008. It is 138 meters (450 feet), and connects Marginal Pinheiros Jornalista Roberto Marinho Avenue. The design is unique in that the 2 curved decks of the bridge cross each other through its X-shaped supporting tower
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7.Wind and Rain Bridge (China): Dong people's bridge
Wind and Rain Bridge symbolized architecture of the Dong minority people. Wind and Rain Bridge in Diping is the largest of its kind in Guizhou Province, where China's biggest Dong community lives. The bridge is over 50 meters long and it was first built in 1894 during the Qing Dynasty over 100 years ago. However, the original structure was destroyed in a major fire in 1959 and the one visitors see today was a re-creation that was completed in 1964. 
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