8 Wonders of the Modern World

-Busan-Geoje Fixed Link, (South Korea) - connected by two cable stayed bridges, with one of the longest submerged tunnels.
-New Century Global Center (Chengdu, China) - World's largest freestanding structure, over 18,000,000 cu ft. contains a university complex, movie theaters, 54,000 sq ft. artificail beach, offices, pirate ship, mediterreanean village, skating rink, a hotel and much more.
-Millau Viaduct (France) - the world's tallest bridge, towering over the clouds the Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France.
-Burj Khalifa aka The Burj Dubai (UAE) - The Burj Khalifa is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 2,722 ft / 829.8 m.
-Jiaozhou Bay Bridge aka Qingdao Haiwan Bridge (China) - At 25.84 mi / 41.58 km is World's longest bridge over water.
-Hoover Dam Bypass aka Mike O'Callaghan--Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge (USA) - Bridges the Colorado river between Arizona and Nevada and is the highest and longest concrete arch span bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
-The Palm Islands (Dubai, UAE) - One of the worlds largest ever civil engineering projects., These man-made islands in the shape of a palm trees were The two islands will comprised of approximately 3,500,000 cu ft / 100,000 cubic meters of rock and sand.
-Kansai International Airport (Japan) - World's biggest ever construction project and most expensive civil engineering project, Kansai man-made island features one of the World's busiest airports.

EHRA Engineering is a civil engineering firm in Houston Texas that has been around since 1936. Based on our expertise and knowledge of some of the coolest engineering projects from around the world we have created this list of what we consider to be the top 8 wonders of the modern world. We hope that you have enjoyed this list!
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