The world’s most famous bridges may not be the longest bridges, tallest bridges or highest bridges, but they are the most recognisable bridges in the world by far. It can be famous because of some incident or because it has previously appeared in a movie several times!
Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of bridges ?
Think about a bridge that you know well. Think about what the geography of the place must have been like before the bridge. Think about how animals use the bridge. Think about how people have increased their impact on the environment since the bridge was built. – Unknown author.
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1 What is the Correct name for this bridge?
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Erasmus Bridge
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Mundus Bridge
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Alpha Bridge
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2 Choose the correct name of this Bridge
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Queens Bridge
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Bronx Bridge
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Brooklyn Bridge
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The Brooklyn BridgeIs a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River.
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3 This bridge is known as?
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Golden Bridge
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Golden Wings
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Golden Bridge
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The Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is an iconic structure connecting the city of San Francisco to Marin County, California. It spans almost two miles across the Golden Gate, the narrow strait where San Francisco Bay opens to meet the Pacific Ocean. The dream of connecting San Francisco to its northern neighbors became a reality when construction commenced in 1933.
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4 This bridge known from which movie?
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Unstoppable
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Run away train
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Harry Potter
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The Glenfinnan Viaduct Bridge
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, ... It is the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland at 416 yards (380 m), and crosses the River Finnan at a height of 100 feet (30 m). Located at the top of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and the waters of Loch Shiel.
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5 Which Country is the Millau-Viaduct bridge located?
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France
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Sweden
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Germany
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The Millau Viaduct Bridge
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in Southern France. In an Anglo-French partnership, it was designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and English architect Norman Foster.
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6 Sydney Harbour Bridge has been opened since?
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19 March 1932
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21 August 1953
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19 May 1997
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The Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is an Australian heritage-listed steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district and the North Shore.
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7 Which two countries does the Øresund Bridge connect?
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France and Germany
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Bulgaria and Romania
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Denmark and Sweden
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The Oresund Bridge
The Öresund or Øresund Bridge is a combined railway and motorway bridge across the Öresund strait between Sweden and Denmark. The bridge runs nearly 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Swedish coast to the artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait. The crossing is completed by the 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) Drogden Tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager.
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8 Where is the Dolsan Bridge located?
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North Korea
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South Korea
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Japan
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The Dolsan Bridge
At 450m long and 11.7m wide, Dolsandaegyo Bridge is the largest cable-stayed bridge in Korea. Since its construction in 1984, the bridge, which connects Yeosu and Dolsan-do Island, has brought commerce and tourism to the island. Today, the bridge itself has become a popular tourist destination, illuminated at night by exterior lighting from the marine park across from the island.
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9 Mackinac Bridge in Michigan is also known as?
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McDouble
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Mac Long
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Big Mac
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The Mackinac Bridge
The Mackinac Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot-long (4.995 mi; 8.038 km) bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac") is the world's 24th-longest main span and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.
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10 Choose correct name of this bridge?
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London Eye
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Tower
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Big Ben
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The Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. As a result, it is sometimes confused with London Bridge, about half a mile upstream.
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