Some World’s Great Structures & Their Location
Structure | Name and Brief Description | Location |
Largest airport | King Khalid International Airport,223, sq km, having world’s largest control tower, 74 m high | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Largest airport (roofed) | King Abdul Aziz International Airport, 103 sq km area | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Highest airport | Lhasa airport at 4,363 m | Tibet |
Lowest airport | Schiphol International Airport, 3.9 m below sea level | Amsterdam |
Busiest airport | Chicago O’ Hare International Airport | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Longest steel arch bridge | New River Gorge Bridge, 518.2 , long | WestVirginia, USA |
Longest combined highway | The Yangtse River bridge 6,772 m rail | Nanking, China |
and railways bridge | Deck and 4,589 road deck | |
Longest railway bridge | Huey P Long bridge, 7,009 m | Metairie, Lousiana, USA |
Highest river bridge | Bailey bridge built by the
Indian army, 30 m long at an altitude of 5,600 m |
Colorado, Arkansas |
Highest river Bridge | Royal Gorge, 321 m above sea level 268 m long | Colorado, Arkansas |
Highest railways bridge | Fades bridge on the river Sioule, 144 m long and 132.5 m above the river | France |
Longest rail line | Trans-Siberian line from Moscow to Nakhoodka, 9,438 km | Russia |
Tallest office building | Sear Tower, 110 storeys,443 m high | Chicago, Illnois |
Largest Church | Basillica of St Peter built in 1492-1612, length 186.33, area 15.142 sq m | Vatican City, Rome |
Largest cathedral | Diocese of New York, area 11,240 sq km | New York |
Largest mosque (in ruins) | At-Malawiya mosque of at –Mutawakil, measuring 238.9m X 156 m | Smarra, Iraq |
Largest mosque in use | Umayad mosque, 157 m X 97 m, covering an area of 3.76 acres | Damascus, Syria |
Largest mosque Under | Merdeka mosque, 45 m diameter, can accommodate | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Construction | 50,000 people | |
Largest temple | Angkor Vat, 162.6 ha area, build for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Suryarman-II during 1113-50 AD | Cambodia |
Largest Railway station | Grand Central Terminal, in 48 acres on two levels with 41 tracks on upper level and 26 on the lower | Park Avenue, New York |
Tallest bank building | Bank of Montreal, 72 storeys,
284.98 m high |
Toronto, Canada |
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