The construction of the Cooper River Bridge was a design/build project to replace two old bridges in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and Charleston. The new bridge, which opened in July 2005 connects two major municipal areas and offers eight lanes for traffic plus a pedestrian/bike lane. The bridge measures 2.5 miles in length and has increased vertical and horizontal navigational ...

Manukau Harbour Bridge Auckland, New Zealand. The Manukau Harbour Bridge is a new 48 km long bridge from Aukland, New Zealand. The goal of the project is to relieve congestion through Auckland, to make travel times shorter and more predictable and allow more room for bus lanes. The aims are: To improve efficiency and safety, and to reduce congestion on this part ...

The Herren Tunnel is a 780 metre-long road-tunnel underneath the river Trave. The city of Lübeck in the Hanseatic League region of Northern Germany had a major traffic congestion problem across the Trave River, which divided the old city from the new regions of the city.The traffic used to run across the Trave River via a road bridge, which was ...

The Incheon Bridge, bridge currently under construction, will become the second connection between Incheon and Yeongjong Island, in South Korea. It will be finished in 2009. The Incheon Bridge will be 18,2 km long, of which the most difficult part will be cable-stayed bridge portion over the main sea route to Incheon port. The Incheon bridge's budget is estimated to ...

The Petronas Tower The Petronas Twin Towers are located in Jalan Ampang, the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (Malaysia) and represent the tallest, continuously habitable twin buildings in the entire world. Also known as Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas (because the major occupant of the two buildings is Petronas, the national oil-company), the structures are used mostly for commercial offices and have ...