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Longest Bridges

Many infrastructures were build to make the people’s lives better. Here are top longest bridges all around the world. However, most of these bridges are from China. Learn interesting facts about these snake-like infrastructures.

1. Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

Location: China

Length: 540, 700 ft

In a province in China, it is officially the world’s longest bridge. It was build between Shanghai and Nanjing and goes to the Yangtze River. After four years, it was done in 2010 and was already open to public the next year. More than 10, 000 people were hired to construct the bridge and it costs $8.5 Billion.

2. Tianjin Grand Bridge

Location: China

Length: 373, 00 ft

Between Langfang and Qingxian lies the second longest bridge which is  part of the railway. They the same construction time with the longest bridge. It was also included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

3. Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge

Location: China

Length: 261, 588 ft

Serving as a connection between Zhengzhou and Xi’an, the bridge goes above Wei River two times, other rivers, highways and railways. It was once the longest bridge before the two longer bridges were constructed.

4. Bang Na Expressway

Location: Thailand

Length: 177, 000

The full name of the bridge is Bang Na- Bang Phli – Bang Pakong Expressway and its official name is Burapha Withi Expressway. The engineer of the bridge’s owner was the Louis Berger Group which is a US company. However, the construction was shared by two ventures from Germany and Thailand. Unlike other bridges, It never crosses any body of water like rivers and lakes.

5. Beijing Grand Bridge

Location: China

Length: 157, 982 ft

6. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Location: United States

Length: 126, 122 ft

7. Manchac Swamp Bridge

Location: United States

Length: 120, 440 ft

8. Yangcun Bridge

Location: China

Length: 117, 493 ft

9. Hangzhou Bay Bridge

Location: China

Length: 117, 037 ft

10. Runyang Bridge

Location: China

Length: 116,990 ft

Are you scared of heights? If not, can you take these scary bridges?

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Watch these

Kids like you love watching televisions and see cartoons, especially when they are so colorful. Most of these cartoons become you inspiration or idols in your young lives. These are the most popular television shows for kids and even teenagers. I wonder why kids love cartoons. (source: thetopteens)

1. Nickelodeon – Aside from it has the most popular website, it is also the most popular channel for children. Nickelodeon has also its own annual awards ceremony like MTV. Its original name was Pinwheel. Sponge-bob is one of the most popular characters of this show.

2. Cartoon Network – This site was currently into a business problem so a network cut off their airing in televisions. However, this channel made it to the top 2. Time Warner owns this channel. Their popular shows are Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball.

3. Disney Channel – Obviously it is one of Disney’s assets and the most expensive television channel for kids. The famous singer Miley Cyrus came from this channel and had her own television show with the name Hanna Montana. Don’t forget Selena Gomez. t was already on-air as early as 1983. It started as a premium cable before they change it into a basic one.

4. Nicktoons – Sounds familiar right? This is also owned by Nickelodeon’s owner, Viacom. They offer modern and classic nicktoons. It was launched 2002. It is available in many cable providers. Almost 60 million households in America watch this channel. They have animated shows like Back at The Barnyard and All Grown Up. Not only that, they offer non-animated shows like Super Rangers which started 1993.

5. Disney XD – Like Nickelodeon having nicktoons and nickjr and Cartoon Network having Boomerang, Disney Channel has also its own sister channel which is Disney XD. It was founded sometime in 2009 and were aimed to children 6-14 years old. They provide alternate Spanish language audio.

Here is a video of your favorite characters imitated by this guy.

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Kids’ Internet World of Fun

They say that the internet is a very dangerous place for kids like you. This is why your parents limit children to computers because it is indeed a world wide web where you can almost grab onto everything. However, this top 5 websites did not stop millions of unique viewers and members for their website. Check them out yourself and it finds you interesting, register now! (source: eBizMBA Rank)

1. The first in our list is http://www.nick.com who is related to the Nickelodeon channel. In this site, you can play games, watch episodes and videos and listen to their own radio. Sponge bob and Dora are one of the most popular animated characters in this channel. They have an estimated 7 million unique visitors MONTHLY!

2. Do you love mathematics? http://www.coolmath-games.com is all about math games! Their categories vary from strategy, skill, numbers, memory, logic, board. You can even play some of their games in your mobile phones.

3. pbskids.org proclaimed that they offer educational games and videos from Curious George and other PBS kids show. It is a site made by the Public Broadcasting Service. They started as early as 1994.

4. Another website of the Nickelodeon is the http://www.nickjr.com. Even though http://www.nick.com and http://www.nickjr.com are owned by the same channel, http://www.nickjr.com targets 2-6 year old children. Their shows are all cartoons. If you want to have a Nickelodeon theme for your birthday, you can ask your parents to visit this website. They will teach them how to plan for your special day!

5. Obviously, http://www.girlsgogames.com is a website for girls. They have appropriate girl games that you will love like dress up and cooking games. Their most popular game is the Dolphin Show 4 which only requires you to move the mouse easier than the keyboard. You can also socialize with your fellow members. However, be careful talking to strangers. I tried the game myself and I did not even need to sign up for an account, I can play as a guest.

Want to help Dora? Watch this video.