The bridge at Ironbridge, the world's first bridge constructed of iron, had a considerable influence on developments in the fields of technology and architecture.
By comparison, China's 36 kilometer (22 mile) Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the world's longest sea-crossing bridge, over seven times the length of the Mumbai bridge, took four years to get completed.
From its ribbon cutting in 2004, the viaduct was destined for Guinness: When finished, it had the highest road deck in Europe, the tallest piers and highest bridge tower in the world, and the longest launch of a bridge deck.
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Microsoft's research lab in India, more so than its five counterparts around the world, has become the company's locus for ideas on how to use technology to bridge the developing world's digital divide and make some money along the way.
It promises to bridge the world of molecules with the "macro" world that the rest of us inhabit.
She has squabbled publicly with her most famous compatriot, microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, over his control of Grameen Bank, and with the World Bank over a bridge project linked to corruption allegations.
He designed the magnificent George Washington Bridge, still the busiest bridge in the world.
Spanning nearly 10 miles, the bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
The world's first iron bridge was built there in 1779 by Abraham Darby III.
Just about a mile down the river, construction is moving forward on Blackfriars Station, the world's largest solar bridge.
Capello is confident that Cole, his first choice left-back, will be fit for the World Cup finals but says Bridge will deputise until then.
On the road back to Rio, we stop underneath a spectacular old iron railway bridge - "the first curved iron bridge in the world, " Mauricio informs me, with some pride.
Without doubt, the World Club Tournament must help bridge this difficulty, but we only have to look to football to see that club success does not map precisely onto national glory.
While wireless headset manufacturers battle one another to shrink their wares until they completely disappear into your ear canal, organizers of the Switched-On London lighting festival (not named, unfortunately, after the excellent column by NPD's Ross Rubin) have taken the opposite tack: for one week in February, they've transformed the famous Tower Bridge into the world's largest Bluetooth device (narrowly edging out the PS3).
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Funny as it may seem now, the egg business was a bridge into the trading world.
Although the World Heritage Site includes only the bridge, there are existing conservation areas on either side of it.
McLean was a musical bridge between post-World War II bebop and the progressive jazz of the 1960s.
The trick, said Yanna Muru, is to clear and calm your mind to build a bridge into the spirit world.
He has also committed to revoke Sunday parking charges and to apply for world heritage status for Clifton Suspension Bridge.
"This means using our characters -- characters children love and parents trust -- to bridge some of the world's most intractable divides, " Knell said.
For us at the other end of the world when we are trying to bridge responsible tourism with conservation and community, that puts enormous pressure on us.
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"By basing the center here at the school, we can act as a bridge between the academic world and the world of business and finance, bringing together people from different backgrounds, academic disciplines and from the international business community, to jointly focus on the most important policy debates of our time, " he said.
In the world of architecture, this week Vietnam unveiled the world's largest dragon-shaped bridge -- and it actually breathes fire!
Finally, culture, as a means of communication, social cohesion, economic growth and creativity remains a priority for UNESCO, since it continues to bridge the peoples of the world.
Mr Heatherwick's future projects include the world's first all-glass bridge, and a public square in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which will take the dramatic and humorous appearance of a gigantic, electric-blue carpet landing, as it were, from outer space.
Using their deep knowledge, and social savvy, the sisters are using tastings, events, speaking engagements, and more to build a bridge between the old-world nature of whisky and the demand for quality they see in the marketplace.
On Thursday afternoon, after a suitable send off, the SA Agulhas will weigh anchor and slip beneath Tower Bridge on its way to the world's coldest continent.
For seven years Warren Buffett, the so-called Oracle of Omaha, ranked just behind his good friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as the world's second-richest man.
To hear the environmental stalwarts tell the story of the future, natural gas is supposed to be our bridge fuel to a bright new world of renewable energy, with solar panels on every roof and windmills in every town.
Then I was across the bridge and in lower Manhattan, another world, still without power.
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