7. Get a new suit. While Hoi An is more famous for its tailors, Ho Chi Minh City offers plenty of competition. Wander around Le Loi or Dong Khoi Streets and youâll stumble across many talented tailors ready to whip you up a suit or new dress in 24 hours.. Get a new suit. While Hoi An is more famous for its tailors, Ho Chi Minh City offers plenty of competition. Wander around Le Loi or Dong Khoi Streets and youâll stumble across many talented tailors ready to whip you up a suit or new dress in 24 hours.
The world's longest bridge is the DanyangâKunshan Grand Bridge in China, part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. The bridge, which opened in June 2011, spans 102.4 miles (165 kilometers). Another part of that train line, the 70.8-mile (114-km) long LangfangâQingxian viaduct, is the second longest bridge in the world. China constructed the DanyangâKunshan Grand Bridge in just 4 years, employing 10,000 workers, at a cost of about $8.5 million.
Today, many people call Rockville Bridge the longest stone-arch bridge in the world, but that's only partly trueâonly the visible outer layer of its form is stone. The piers and spandrels (the area between the arches) are filled with concrete, making it technically a composite structure. In all, the bridge required not only 220,000 tons of stone but an estimated 600,000 barrels of cement. Measuring 3,820 feet long, it carries four tracks at an elevation fifty-two feet above the river's low-water mark. The price tag was $975,150. The bridge opened on March 30, 1902.