World's most famous bridge?
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Few of the 6 billion people on this planet are likely to take much interest in the bridges of the world's smaller countries.
But every Chinese learns at school about how his people built a bridge by hand when let down by the Soviet Union's dishonoured promises.
The Nanjing Bridge must be known by far more people than anything we gweilos have built.
But every Chinese learns at school about how his people built a bridge by hand when let down by the Soviet Union's dishonoured promises.
The Nanjing Bridge must be known by far more people than anything we gweilos have built.
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I'd suggest that Tower Bridge probably is more famous, in so far as it is so synonymous with London, appearing on every postcard and in every film set here, rather like Routemaster buses or postboxes... I'd say that there would be a fair few people who wouldn't be able to place the Golden Gate if shown a picture out of context....
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I see two different issues here. Yes, I'd agree that the Golden Gate probably conjurs up more wonderful images to people and is more "famous" as a bridge itself. But, like Tallulah, I'd be willing to bet that if you showed pictures of the Tower Bridge and the Golden Gate to a hundred people from around the world. More would not be able to recognize the Golden Gate as being in San Francisco than those who wouldn't know Tower Bridge was in London.
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For those arguing about the Golden Gate vs. the Tower bridge, I'm currently preparing for public offering a span between two boroughs of New York. I've had some financial difficulties when I turned all my Euros into dollars 4 years ago, so I'm willing to part with this bridge for 10 cents on the Euro.....
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The Golden Gate is the channel leading to San Francisco Bay. It was named ~100 years before the bridge was built. If tourists are vexed by the fact that the bridge is orange, the fault lies in their ignorance, not in the paint job.
I would suggest that more people (throughout history) have sung "London Bridge is falling down..." than have even heard of the rest put together.
The way I heard the Lake Havasu City bridge purchase is that the billionaire developer Del Webb was the one who made the mistake, and none of his minions had the guts to inform him that he wasn't buying Tower Bridge.
I would suggest that more people (throughout history) have sung "London Bridge is falling down..." than have even heard of the rest put together.
The way I heard the Lake Havasu City bridge purchase is that the billionaire developer Del Webb was the one who made the mistake, and none of his minions had the guts to inform him that he wasn't buying Tower Bridge.
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I believe it it wasn't Dell Webb, but McCullough, (sp) as in the chain saw who brought the bridge over. I don't know whether it was a mistake or not.
What about Pont d'Avignon (if we're going to sing school yard diddys) or even pont du gard?
What about Pont d'Avignon (if we're going to sing school yard diddys) or even pont du gard?