Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal - 56,381 feet: Lisbon's Vasco da Gama Bridge is the longest in Europe, spanning a total distance of 10.7 miles. Taking three years to complete, the bridge opened for traffic in 1998 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's discovery of the maritime route from Europe to India.
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave.
Some examples of electromagnetic waves are Radio, Gamma, X â¦ -rays, Infra-red, and Microwaves Electromagnetic waves are able to travel through a medium of liquids, solids, and geaseous states, or through space where there is no material at all, called vacuum.