Buildings and Bridges
41 records
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01 / Buildings and Bridges 2,717 ft Tallest building Burj Khalifa · Dubai See record ↗ -
02 / Buildings and Bridges 3,963 ft Longest cable-stayed bridge span Changtai Yangtze River Bridge · Yangtze River between Changzhou and Taizhou, Jiangsu, China See record ↗ -
03 / Buildings and Bridges 659,611 m² Largest office building Surat Diamond Bourse · Surat, Gujarat, India See record ↗ -
04 / Buildings and Bridges 1.6 million m² Largest religious monument Angkor Wat · Siem Reap, Cambodia See record ↗ -
05 / Buildings and Bridges 1,776 ft Tallest building in the United States One World Trade Center · New York City, New York, United States See record ↗ -
06 / Buildings and Bridges 47 mph Fastest elevator Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre elevator (Hitachi) · Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China See record ↗ -
07 / Buildings and Bridges 1.8 million m² Largest building by floor area New Century Global Center · Chengdu, Sichuan, China See record ↗ -
08 / Buildings and Bridges 13.4 million m³ Largest building by volume Boeing Everett Factory · Everett, Washington, United States See record ↗ -
09 / Buildings and Bridges 7,708 ft Longest floating bridge Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (SR 520) · Lake Washington between Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, United States See record ↗ -
10 / Buildings and Bridges 1,024 ft Largest dome National Stadium, Singapore Sports Hub · Singapore See record ↗ -
11 / Buildings and Bridges 258 ft Widest bridge San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, eastern span · San Francisco Bay, California, United States See record ↗ -
12 / Buildings and Bridges 1,801 ft Longest cantilever bridge span Quebec Bridge · St. Lawrence River between Québec City and Lévis, Québec, Canada See record ↗ -
13 / Buildings and Bridges 2,073 ft Longest glass-bottomed bridge Bach Long Glass Bridge · Moc Chau, Son La Province, Vietnam See record ↗ -
14 / Buildings and Bridges 1,969 ft Longest arch bridge span Tian'e Longtan Bridge · Pingnan County, Guangxi, China See record ↗ -
15 / Buildings and Bridges 2,372 ft Longest pedestrian suspension bridge Zemplén723 · Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary See record ↗ -
16 / Buildings and Bridges 34.2 miles Longest sea crossing bridge Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) · Pearl River Estuary, connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao, China See record ↗ -
17 / Buildings and Bridges 163 floors Most floors in a building Burj Khalifa · Dubai, United Arab Emirates See record ↗ -
18 / Buildings and Bridges 436 ft Tallest lighthouse Jeddah Port Control Tower (Jeddah Light) · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia See record ↗ -
19 / Buildings and Bridges 55,000 seats Largest indoor arena Philippine Arena · Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines See record ↗ -
20 / Buildings and Bridges 1,972 ft Tallest clock tower Makkah Clock Royal Tower · Mecca, Saudi Arabia See record ↗ -
21 / Buildings and Bridges 284 ft Tallest timber building Ascent MKE · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States See record ↗ -
22 / Buildings and Bridges 102.4 miles Longest bridge Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge · Jiangsu See record ↗ -
23 / Buildings and Bridges 1,483 ft Tallest twin towers Petronas Twin Towers · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia See record ↗ -
24 / Buildings and Bridges 2,080 ft Tallest tower Tokyo Skytree · Tokyo, Japan See record ↗ -
25 / Buildings and Bridges 35.5 miles Longest rail tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel · Uri and Ticino, Switzerland See record ↗ -
26 / Buildings and Bridges 2,054 ft Highest bridge Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge · Guizhou, China See record ↗ -
27 / Buildings and Bridges 197 ft Deepest swimming pool Deep Dive Dubai · Dubai, UAE See record ↗ -
28 / Buildings and Bridges 1,237 ft Tallest hotel Ciel Tower, also known as Ciel Dubai Marina · Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE See record ↗ -
29 / Buildings and Bridges 2,349 sq ft Largest portrait mosaic made from pumpkins and squashes Sunnyfields Farm See record ↗ -
30 / Buildings and Bridges 1,550 ft Tallest residential building Central Park Tower · New York City, USA See record ↗ -
31 / Buildings and Bridges 106 million passengers Busiest airport by passengers Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta, Georgia, USA See record ↗ -
32 / Buildings and Bridges 7,836,127 sq ft Largest palace Forbidden City · Beijing, China See record ↗ -
33 / Buildings and Bridges 1,377 ft Tallest chimney GRES-2 Power Station chimney · Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan See record ↗ -
34 / Buildings and Bridges 301 sq mi Largest airport by area King Fahd International Airport · Dammam, Saudi Arabia See record ↗ -
35 / Buildings and Bridges 566 ft Tallest church Sagrada Familia · Barcelona, Spain See record ↗ -
36 / Buildings and Bridges 597 ft Tallest statue Statue of Unity · Gujarat, India See record ↗ -
37 / Buildings and Bridges 6,637 ft Longest suspension bridge span 1915 Çanakkale Bridge · Dardanelles, Turkey See record ↗ -
38 / Buildings and Bridges 40,230 ft Deepest borehole Kola Superdeep Borehole · Murmansk Oblast, Russia See record ↗ -
39 / Buildings and Bridges 15.2 miles Longest road tunnel Lærdal Tunnel · Vestland, Norway See record ↗ -
40 / Buildings and Bridges 1,001 ft Tallest dam Jinping-I Dam · Sichuan, China See record ↗ -
41 / Buildings and Bridges 132,000 seats Largest stadium by seating capacity Narendra Modi Stadium · Ahmedabad, India See record ↗
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