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. 1
   Golden Gate Bridge

   San Francisco's International Orange towers, opened in 1937 and named a wonder of the modern world.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Tower Bridge

   London's Gothic Revival bascule bridge over the Thames, finished in 1894 and still lifting for tall ships.
   833pts
3. 3
   Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

   Japan's record-holding suspension span, stretched almost two kilometres between towers.
   643pts
4. 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. 5
   Ponte Vecchio

   Florence's medieval shop-lined bridge, the only one in the city the Nazis left standing.
   576pts
6. 6
   Brooklyn Bridge

   The first steel-wire suspension bridge, opened in 1883 between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
   500pts
7. 7
   Sydney Harbour Bridge

   The steel arch Australians call the Coathanger, opened in 1932.
   500pts
8. 8
   Khaju Bridge

   Part dam, part bridge, part pavilion, spanning the Zayanderud in Isfahan.
   500pts
9. 9
   Tsing Ma Bridge

   Hong Kong's double-deck suspension bridge, the longest of its kind carrying both road and rail.
   500pts
10. 10
    Chapel Bridge

    Lucerne's covered wooden footbridge, painted inside with 17th-century panels.
    409pts
11. 11
    Rialto Bridge

    The oldest crossing of Venice's Grand Canal, in stone since 1591.
    409pts
12. 12
    Stari Most

    Mostar's Ottoman arch, destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt stone by stone.
    409pts
13. 13
    Charles Bridge

    Prague's 14th-century pedestrian bridge lined with thirty baroque saints.
    300pts
14. 14
    Chengyang Bridge

    A Dong wind-and-rain bridge in Guangxi, built in 1912 without a single nail.
    300pts
15. 15
    Bosphorus Bridge

    The span that carries traffic from Europe to Asia across Istanbul.
    300pts
16. 16
    Si-o-se-pol

    Isfahan's 33-arch Safavid bridge, a promenade as much as a crossing.
    300pts
17. 17
    Millau Viaduct

    The tallest bridge in the world, its masts rising above the clouds in southern France.
    0pts
18. 18
    Forth Bridge

    Scotland's cantilever railway bridge, a red steel monument to Victorian engineering.
    0pts

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