Chongqing, China
Hamburg? Amsterdam? Venice? Aveiro? Ponte de Lima, Barca or Sor? Take a holiday Friday, when is a holiday on Thursday? No… Chongqing is the king of bridges.
When we think of cities with many bridges, we tend to remind us of cities crossed by channels, such as Venice and Amsterdam; or by large rivers, such as the bump, in London. Then all are BRIDGES (Do not confuse with points) of tourist interest…
But much less tasting touristy than the aforementioned cities, Hamburg is the true European king of the bridges.
It shows the count: Hamburg has about 2500 bridgesmore than Amsterdam (about 1200), Venice (about 400) and London (about 30) together.
Hamburg is located Between the rivers Elba, Alster and Billein northern Germany. Besides being a large city, there is also the second largest port in Europe.
Despite having an incredible number of bridges, Hamburg is not the city in the world with the largest number of these structures. It is distanced from the first place “only” by about 18 thousand bridges. And truth, There is a city with over 20 thousand bridges.
In another article, it describes it Chongqingin China, like a “colossal metropolis, cut by deep rivers, valleys and mountains.” In this city, the bridges Call skyscrapers.
Chongqing is between the Yangtzé and Jialing rivers on a very rugged terrain. With more than 30 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, it was necessary to build suspended connections for facilitate and improve urban mobility.
Chongqing has bridges with three/four trays, for cars, trains and pedestrians. This city is known as the “Chinese capital of vertical infrastructure” and shows that it is not just for the sides: Cities can also grow up.
