The Kawarau River and Bridge in New Zealand both have notable claims to fame. The river, which runs between Lake Wakatipu and Lake Dunstan, played its part in the Lord of the Rings films as Middle…

Inspired by the National Geographic Photo of the Day last week, I went looking for Minneapolis's Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture. Unfortunately something got lost in translation. The story wasn't much better on Windows Live Local, or…

Inspired by some posters I've seen recently advertising a rival mapping service, here's the Rio-Antirio bridge which spans the Gulf of Corinth in Greece, which has the world's longest cable-stayed suspended deck. It was completed in…

This is the Tonto Natural Bridge near Payson, AZ - which is less like a natural bridge and more like a natural tunnel. The creekbed disappears into the 50 metre-high tunnel for around 120 metres -…

Here's the longest stone arch bridge in the world, the Rockville Bridge in Pennsylvania (Wikipedia page). It was opened in 1902 and (as you can clearly see on the linked Google map) carries heavy railroad traffic…

Check out the awesome twin shadows of two bridges linking Devon and Cornwall over the River Tamar, England. The suspension bridge to the north is the Tamar Bridge which at the time of its opening was…