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Feb 12, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Architecture: Dubai to Build the World's Largest Arch Bridge in 2012

Architecture: Dubai to Build the World’s Largest Arch Bridge in 2012

Here’s some info on the bridge as envisioned by New York architecture firm Fxfowle:

- It’s one mile long and 670 feet tall.
- It will have 12 lanes for traffic.
- It will cost 817 million dollars.
- The design has Sheikh Mohammed’s official stamp of approval.
- The bridge will carry more than 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction.
- A metro line will run across the middle.
- Construction begins in March, with a slated completion date of 2012. Images by Fxfowle

Fxfowle Architects via World Architecture News

-yatta.

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