What is the most iconic bridge in the world?

Medieval stone, Victorian steel and a viaduct that clears the clouds. Fame and engineering do not always pick the same winner.

1

Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco's International Orange towers, opened in 1937 and named a wonder of the modern world.

1000pts

2

Tower Bridge

London's Gothic Revival bascule bridge over the Thames, finished in 1894 and still lifting for tall ships.

833pts

3

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Japan's record-holding suspension span, stretched almost two kilometres between towers.

643pts

4

Pont Alexandre III

Paris's most ornate crossing, built for the 1900 world's fair and loaded with gilded nymphs and winged horses.

577pts

5

Ponte Vecchio

Florence's medieval shop-lined bridge, the only one in the city the Nazis left standing.

576pts

6

Brooklyn Bridge

The first steel-wire suspension bridge, opened in 1883 between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

500pts

7

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The steel arch Australians call the Coathanger, opened in 1932.

500pts

8

Khaju Bridge

Part dam, part bridge, part pavilion, spanning the Zayanderud in Isfahan.

500pts

9

Tsing Ma Bridge

Hong Kong's double-deck suspension bridge, the longest of its kind carrying both road and rail.

500pts

10

Chapel Bridge

Lucerne's covered wooden footbridge, painted inside with 17th-century panels.

409pts

11

Rialto Bridge

The oldest crossing of Venice's Grand Canal, in stone since 1591.

409pts

12

Stari Most

Mostar's Ottoman arch, destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt stone by stone.

409pts

13

Charles Bridge

Prague's 14th-century pedestrian bridge lined with thirty baroque saints.

300pts

14

Chengyang Bridge

A Dong wind-and-rain bridge in Guangxi, built in 1912 without a single nail.

300pts

15

Bosphorus Bridge

The span that carries traffic from Europe to Asia across Istanbul.

300pts

16

Si-o-se-pol

Isfahan's 33-arch Safavid bridge, a promenade as much as a crossing.

300pts

17

Millau Viaduct

The tallest bridge in the world, its masts rising above the clouds in southern France.

167pts

18

Forth Bridge

Scotland's cantilever railway bridge, a red steel monument to Victorian engineering.

167pts