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桥梁是人类艺术的非凡结晶。古代时，修筑桥梁仅仅是为了交通的便利。而如今，桥梁不仅可以是交通设施，同时还是吸引游客眼球的地方。本文介绍了十大独具特色的桥梁，试想一下，当你漫步桥上时会有怎样的感受吧？ 1. Banpo Bridge (South Korea) 1. 盘浦大桥 （韩国）
September 9, 2008, South Korea did a massive renovation at the Banpo Bridge in Seoul. 10,000 hoses has been installed along the side of the bridge. Once installed, the bridge turned into a major tourist attraction. The bridge is firing 190 tons of water per minute using river water. 在2008年9月9日，韩国对首尔的盘浦大桥进行了大翻修。大桥的两侧安装了10000只水龙头。安装完毕后，盘浦大桥成为了首尔主要的观光景点之一。大桥利用汉江可以每分钟喷射190吨江水。（译者：我住在首尔，经常夜晚从汉江上过，咋没见过……） 2. Millau Bridge (France) 2. 米约大桥（法国）
This Bridge is 1125 feet above the Tarn Valley. It’s like flying when we cross this bridge because what we see around us is cloud. Cool isn’t it? This Foster & Partners’s work is slightly higher than the Eiffel Tower. Took three years to build and opened in public in 2004. Not only used for transportation purposes, the bridge was also constructed to show an beyond extraordinary scenery. 米约大桥建在塔恩河谷（Tarn Valley）上方1125英尺的高空。当我们穿越在这座桥上时就像飞翔一样，因为云朵环绕在我们的周围。很酷吧？这个由福斯特和合作者们完成的杰作甚至比埃菲尔铁塔还稍高一些。大桥耗时三年完工，并与2004年向公众开放。现在这个大桥不仅是交通设施，更是一个令人欣赏惊奇风景的胜地。 3. Henderson Waves (Singapura) 3. 亨德生波浪桥 （新加坡）
With 36 meters or 12 levels above the road surface, this bridge became the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. This 300-meter bridge connects the parks at Mount Faber and Telok Blangah Hill. 超过路面36米高的12级台阶，使亨德生波浪桥成为了新加坡最高的步行桥。这座300米长的大桥连接花柏山（Mount Faber）和直落布兰雅山的两座公园。 4.Hangzhou Bay Bridge (China) 4. 杭州湾大桥 （中国）
Crossing the Hangzhou Bay, stood the world’s longest cross-sea bridge, with a length 35.673 kilometers (22 miles) and a six-lane highway in both directions. The bridge was built to reduce traffic congestion, cutting travel time between Shanghai and Ningbo from 4 hours to 2.5 hours. This bridge has cost china 8.11 million. 杭州湾大桥穿越杭州湾，以35.673公里（22英里）的长度和双向六车道当之无愧地成为世界上最长的跨海大桥。这个大桥是为了解决交通拥塞而建的，它可以将上海和宁波的交通时间由4小时缩短为2.5小时。大桥花费了中国811万元。1 5. Rolling Bridge (England) 5. 翻滚桥 （英格兰）
Designed by Heatherwick Studio. The Rolling Bridge is located in Paddington Basin, London. Instead of using the mechanism ‘conventional open bridge’, the Rolling Bridge used an unique mechanism. The bridge will roll himself up to the two ends meet. This bridge has a length of 12 meters and the curving is using a hydraulic press. 由赫斯维克工作室设计。翻滚桥坐落于伦敦帕丁区。取代“普通的开合桥”工艺，翻滚桥使用了独特的构造。这座大桥可以自行卷曲到桥的两端。桥长共12米，使用水压机进行卷曲。1 6. Oliviera Bridge (Brazil) 6. 奥利维拉大桥 （巴西）
Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, which cross the Pinheiros River in São Paulo, Brazil opened in May 2008. This bridge has 138 feet height and connect the ‘Marginal Pinheiros Jornalista’ with ‘Roberto Marinho Avenue’. It has unique design with two curved deck crossing each other through a tower with ‘X’ form. 奥利维拉大桥跨越了巴西圣保罗的皮涅罗斯（Pinheiro）河，与2008年5月向公众开放。这座大桥有138英尺高，连接皮涅罗斯河滨大道（Marginal Pinheiros Jornalista）和罗伯托马里尼奥大道（Roberto Marinho Avenue）。它独特的设计包括两个曲形交叠的桥面和两者间穿过的“X”型桥塔。 7. Wind and Rain Bridge (China) 7. 风雨桥 （中国）
Wind and Rain Bridge is the architectural symbol of the Dong people. Wind and Rain Bridge in Diping is the largest of its kind in the province of Guizhou, where the largest Dong’s community live. This bridge has a length of 50 meters. 风雨桥是侗族人民的建筑符号。地坪风雨桥是侗族人的最大聚居地贵州省内最大的风雨桥，该桥有50米长。 Is a pure wooden architecture consisting of pillars, purlin, and baluster in various sizes and shapes. Body bridge is divided into three sections, the largest in the middle of a traditional Chinese drum-shaped tower. This bridge is also decorated with flowers and a unique sculpture. 风雨桥是由各种大小和形状的桥柱、檩桁条和栏杆柱构筑的纯木制建筑。桥的主体被分为三个部分，中间最大的是一个传统中国鼓状塔楼。大桥一般都装饰以花和独特雕刻。 8. Tower Bridge (England) 8. 塔桥 （英格兰）
Built in 1894 by Wolfe Barry and Horace Jones. Tower Bridge is one of the famous land marks in London and one of the most beautiful in the world. This 800 foot long bridge has a space 28 feet when closed but opens in the center until it reaches 140 feet which allows ships to sail. Tower Bridge using the 432 workers and built in eight years. At that time they sank 70,000 tons of concrete into the two large piers, placing two supporting structure into place, each of them weighs 1000 tons and decorate the whole bridge with Portland stone and Cornish granite to cover 11000 tons of steel. 在由沃尔夫 巴里（Wolfe Barry）和贺瑞斯 琼斯（Horace Jones）建造于1894年。塔桥是伦敦最有名，也是世界上最美丽的地标之一。这个800英尺长的大桥关闭时拥有28英尺的桥下空间，而当中部打开时则达到140英尺，以允许船舶通过。塔桥使用432名工人建设了8年才得以完工。当时他们在两个大桥墩上填入了70000吨混凝土，以作为两个支撑结构，每个桥吨重1000吨，以波兰石和包裹着11000吨钢铁的康沃尔花岗岩装饰整座大桥。 9. Magdeburg Water Bridge (German) 9. 马格德堡水桥 （德国）
Magdeburg Water Bridge connects the former East and West Germany at the Elbe River and was built as part of the German reunification project. The water bridge with a value of 500 million euros could be used by freighters to transport. Very unique!! 马格德堡水桥在易北（Elbe）河上连接前东德和西德，它是德国重新统一工程的一部分。这座价值5亿欧元的水桥可以通行货船。十分独特！ 10. Ponte Vecchio (Italy) 10. 维奇欧桥 （意大利）
Ponte Vecchio in Florence is one of the famous tourist attractions in Italy, and considered as the oldest stone arch bridge in Europe. Actually this bridge is built of wood until it was destroyed by floods in 1333, and 12 years later, the bridge was rebuilt using stone. Famous for its shops on the bridge. The bridge is full of shops, starting from the traders and butchers of the Middle Ages until the gift shop and art sellers. 佛罗伦萨的维奇欧桥是意大利最著名的旅游景点之一，并且被认为是欧洲最古老的石结构桥梁。其实这座桥梁在1333年被损毁前是木制的，被毁12年后才使用石头重建。该桥以桥上的商店闻名。桥上都是店铺，从中世纪的商人和屠夫到纪念品店和艺术品商家。 From the top 10 unique bridges above, I am very interested in Milau Bridge. I think it would be nice to see the clouds around us. Crossing this bridge will certainly give a very different and wonderful experience. What about you guys? 在以上的十大独特桥梁中，我对米约大桥十分感兴趣。我觉得能看到云朵在身边围绕是一件很美好的事情。穿越这座大桥会感受到十分独特和精彩的体验。你们觉得呢？ |
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