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This Crescent Moon Tower, Dubai boasts of a 33-storey down-turned half moon on the banks of the Caspian Sea. It is designed to accommodate a children’s library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafes, and an open-air observation platform. Though it was just a proposal, there’s a big possibility that it will be built immediately. It is said to be completed by the year 2015 along with its sister project called the Full Moon Hotel
A rundown of the most intense traverses around the globe Published on 5/31/2013 ByChris Watkins
We've scoured the Earth to find the most crazy, strange, and ancient structures that'll get you where you need to be in the most awesomely weird ways possible. From Indiana Jones-esque rope bridges and structures modeled after a double helix, to spans that traverse miles of sea, these bridges are wilder than Beau.
The Trift Suspension Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only bridge in the Alps in Switzerland, measuring in at 100 meters high and 170 meters long.
What does it feel like to take a stroll 700 meters above sea level in the canopy of a rainforest? Walk the Pulau Langkawi’s Suspended Bridge in Kedah, Malaysia to find out.
Experience adventure... in Canada (?), as you walk over the 70 meter-high Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia.
You may remember Florida's Seven Mile Bridge being blown to bits in the Schwarzenegger blockbuster True Lies, which was totally cool with everyone because anything goes in the Florida Keys.
The Khaju Bridge in Isfahan, Iran does triple duty; serving as a method to cross the Zayandeh River, a facility for public meetings, and a dam. Suck it, natural water flow!
Arizona's Navajo Bridge measures in at 254 meters long, with a max height of 142 meters from the canyon floor, or 465 feet. That's Snoop Lion high.
This Temple of Doom-esque pedestrian bridge is Canopy Walk in the Central Region of Ghana, located at the only park in Africa with a canopy walkway connecting several tree tops to one another.
São Paulo, Brazil's Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge is the only bridge in the world that has two curved tracks supported by a single concrete mast.
Much like Cameron and Sloane's unrequited love, the Tianjin Eye in Hongqiao, Tianjin, China has a Ferris Wheel in the middle of it.
The Living Bridges in Cherrapunji, India aren't built... they're grown. (Grown from roots of trees)
Named after the biblical prophet, the Moses Bridge parts a moat in The Netherlands. That's right. A moat. They do actually exist you know.
The 274 meter Henderson Waves Bridge in Telok Blangah Hill Park, Singapore has a wave-like form made up of curved steel ribs that alternately rise over and under its deck, so wave goodbye to that lunch.
The Infinity Bridge in Stockton-on-Tees, England won the Institution of Structural Engineers' Supreme Award for Structural Excellence in 2009. SUPREME CONSTRUCTION!!!
Millau-Creissels, France's Millau Bridge is the tallest bridge in the world, clocking in at 343 meters high.
Literally play 'Ring Around the Rosie" on the circular Friendship Bridge in Nantan, Japan. Or just drive off of it, as you don't want to hold up traffic.
The Madgeburg Water Bridge in Magdeburg, Germany is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, and was featured in the 2011 action-thriller Hanna.
Literally a waterway bridge.
Although it looks like a freaky spaceship, the Aiola Island Bridge in Graz, Austria includes a trendy bar, a coffee house, a sunbathing area, and an open-air theater.
No watch? No worries! Figure out the time of day just by walking across the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California.
The circular design of Nanpu Bridge was done purposefully in order to reduce the amount of land used in Shanghai, China.
The stainless steel Helix Bridge in Marina Bay, Singapore is a pedestrian bridge shaped like DNA.
Sometimes referred to as the "Blinking Eye Bridge", the Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a tilt bridge that spans the River Tyne in Newcastle, England.
A popular place for selfies, the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge in Ballintoy, Ireland can only hold 8 pedestrians at one time. So no big group shots.
Liuzhou, China's Wind and Rain Bridge is a combination of bridge, corridor, veranda, and pavilion. Talk about bridging the gap between verandas and pavilions! Amirite?! Guys?
And Qingdao, China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest bridge over water, coming in at 41.58 kilometers, or around 46 miles long.
