Presenting projects that took civil engineering to another level in regards to development and capacity.
Millau Viaduct
Location : France Maximum Height : 343 meters above the Tarn River Length : 2460m Width : 323 m Weight : 36,000 tons3,000 people worked on the project Cost : 400 million euros 16 lanes, 10 thousand to 25 thousand vehicles cross the brigde every day.
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The Three Gorges Dam
Largest hydroelectric plant in the world in size and capacity.
Location : ChinaHeight: 185m located on the Yangtze RiverLength : 2309m Installed power : 22 500 MWAbility to handle ships of up to 3000 tons.
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Canal Bridge of Magdeburg
Navigable aqueduct
Location: Germany Height: 8,15m on the Elbe River, connecting the Elba-Havel canal with the Mittelland canal. Length: 918m Canal width: 34m Cost: 500 million euros Duration of construction: 6 years Built with about 68,000 m3 of concrete and 24,000 metric tons of steel
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Vasco da Gama bridge
Second longest bridge in Europe.
Location: Portugal Length: 12.3 kilometers (0.8 km of main bridge and 11.5 of viaducts) over the Tagus River, connecting Montijo and Sacavem. Width: 30m Construction duration: 18 months 3,300 workers
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Itaipu Dam
The largest producer of energy on the planet with 103,098,366 MWh produced in 2016. It is also the dam with the highest cumulative production, with 2.5 billion MWh
Location : Binational dam of Paraguay and Brazil.Height : 196m above the Paraná RiverGeneration of powwer of electrohydraulic of 14,000 MW 20 turbines, generators of 700 MW Cost : 36 billion dollarsThick wall made of concrete, rock and earth.
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Russki Island Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge with the largest span in the world. It crosses the Eastern Bosphorus, connecting the Island of Russki with Vladivostok.
Location: Russia Total length: 1885,53 m Width: 29,5 m Cost: 1.1 billion dollars Capacity: 50,000 vehicles per day.
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