20 Largest Man made structures in the world

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1. AIRPORT - 780 sq kms - The King Fahad International Airport, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

2. AIRPORT BUILDING - 45.9 acres - Sabiha Gokcen International Airport,Istanbul,Turkey.

3. AIRPORT TERMINAL - 185,000 sq metres - Terminal Three, Dubai International Airport, UAE

4. BRIDGE - HIGHEST - 270 m - Millau Viaduct, Millau - Creissels, Aveyron, France.

5. BRIDGE - WIDEST - 1,991 m - Akashi - Kaikyo, Japan.

6. BRIDGE - OVER SEA - 42.4 kms / 26.4 miles - Connects Qingdao City with Huangdao Island, China.

7. CANAL, LONGEST - 1,794 km - The Grand Canal. Beijing - Hangzhou, China.

8. COURT HOUSE - 260,000 sq metres - Palace of Justice, Brussels, Belgium.

9. EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDING - 45.9 acres - Sabiha Gokcen Airport, Istanbul, Turkey.

10. FACTORY - 398,000 sq kms - The Boeing, aviation assembly factory - Everett, Washington State, U.S.A.

11. FOUNTAIN - Dubai Fountain, Burj Khalifa Lake, Dubai, UAE. - Width 275 m. Water projection height 150
metres.

12. HEMISPHERICAL BUILDING - Diameter 110 metres - 605,000 cubic sq metres - The Ericsson Globe, ice hockey arena and concert venue, Stockholm, Sweden.

13. HOTEL - 6,000 rooms - The Izmailovo Hotel, Moscow, Russia.

14. HYDRO - ELECTRIC DAM - 39,300,000 cu m - Three Gorges Dam, Sandouping, Hubei Province, China.

15. OFF SHORE WIND FARM - The Walney Wind Farm , Walney Island, Cumbria, England - 102 turbines on
a 73 sq km site.

16. ON SHORE WIND FARM - The Alta Wind Energy Centre, Kern County, California USA - 320 turbines on  a 9,000 acre site.

17. PALACE - 61,000 sq metres - The Caserta Palace, Italy

18. PARLIAMENT BUILDING - 330,000 sq metres - The Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania.

19. RAILTRACK - 9297.180 km - The Trans - Siberian Railway, Moscow - Vladivostock, Russia.

20. RAIL TUNNEL, LONGEST - 53.85 km - The Seikan Tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait, linking the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan.


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