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7. The Magdeburg Water Bridge

Located in Germany's Magdeburg Founded in 2003 $594.92 million was spent. The Magdeburg Water Bridge was constructed in Germany in the early 2000s as a result of architects' desire to design a bridge that would connect two bodies of water via the water itself. Ships can travel between Berlin and the Rhineland with ease thanks to the Water Bridge. Overlooking the Elbe, the Water Bridge is the biggest canal underbridge in Europe.

Shutterstock, IURII BURIAK, and Magdeburg Water Bridge The navigable aqueduct is especially useful for large commercial ships, as they no longer have to climb out of and descend into the Elbe. They can just fly over it now. The longest span of the bridge is 248 feet long. The building process took six years, starting in 1997.

8. Suspension Bridge Trift

Situated among the Alps Founded in 2004 (remodeled in 2009), Price: not specified The Trift Bridge was dubbed one of the world's "craziest" bridges by Thrillist. Indeed, thrill-seekers adore it. On Google, The Trift Bridge is rated 4.8 out of 5 stars. The bridge is 558 feet long and has 328 feet of clearance below it. This bridge in Gadmen, Switzerland, started construction in 2004. Only later that year did it open to pedestrian traffic.

Bridge Suspension for Trift © Shutterstock/JJaviJ Crossing Triftsee Lake is the bridge. Every year, 20,000 people visit it. You have to take a cable car to Meiringen and then a gondola to reach the bridge. The journey to the bridge, one of the longest and highest in the world, requires hiking 1.5 miles upwards after landing by gondola.
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