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?

Meow Meow

What we know about cats is that they are cute, playful and lazy. They love fish and most of them hate water. However, there are also interesting things you should know about them aside from those mentioned.

An average cat spends 16 hours of their 24 hours sleeping. On the other hand, a kitten sleeps 18 hours because it is the only time they produce growth hormones.

Not all cats hate the water. Non-domestic cats such as lions and tigers are naturally water lovers. They swim to survive the raging heat of the sun. Cats can even drink sea water to be able to re-hydrate their body.

There are more than 500 million domestic cats all around the world. Sadly, four million are eaten everyday in Asia.

Cats have better sense of hearing than dogs. They can also smell using their paws. Therefore, it will be really painful if you try cutting or trimming the claws of your cat.

Surprisingly, a group of cats is called a Clowder (sounds like fish?). A female cat is called queen or Molly and the males are called Tom. Young cats will always be called kittens.

Like humans, cats can also be left-handed or right-handed. Most female cats are right-pawed while most of the male cats are left-pawed.

Cats are capable of making 90 more distinct sounds than dogs which have only 10. In America, there are more domestic cats than dogs.Furthermore, cat’s brain has more biological similarities to a human than the dog. Although, cat’s eyes are better during night because they can still see better.

Cats can give birth to 1 -9 kittens. Sadly, their mothers eat those sickly kittens to avoid infection of the other healthy young ones. Male cats are very aggressive when the female cat gives birth, that’s why they can also kill.

You still think cats are cute? Watch this video of cute cat vines.