Dubai continues to grow at an astounding pace and these pictures show a planned bridge which will become the biggest, tallest arch bridge in the world when complete.
New York Architect, FXFOWLE’s proposal for the architectural design of a 1-mile long and 673-feet tall bridge in Dubai was selected by the country’s Roads & Transport Authority in a major international design competition. The firms winning bridge design is poised to join five existing Dubai Creek crossings (four bridges and one tunnel), further advancing the infrastructure and transportation initiatives in Dubai. Construction will begin next month.
Technical details:
- It will have twelve lanes for traffic
- It will cost $817 million
- The bridge will carry more than two thousand vehicles per hour in each direction
- A metro line will run across the center
- Estimated completion date of 2012
Artists mockup:
I hope I live long enough to get to see this place. I am 60… I hope and pray!!
I hope I have enough money to go there and I hope you do to.
But do you know where they are getting all this money from?
If not then I will tell you: Its from our gas prices all the money that we spend on gas that go to saudi arabia goes to this and a bunch of more stuff. Plus we are basically paying people that want to kill me, my friends, and my family. So just think twice when you are filling up that gas tank.
I wouldn’t visit Dubai and fund these terrorists at gun-point. This whole hoopla about these skyscrapers and all this crap will pass once westerners understand that you cannot do anything in these places except lick the sun. You can’t drink. You can’t walk around in a bikini without being stoned. Who the hell wants to live in a 40 degree country without beer, parties and bikinis.
I would just like to go just to go site seeing you noe?