Architects love to play with shapes and the awesome fire breathing Dragon
Bridge (Cầu Rồng) on Han Rive at Đà Nẵng, Vietnam is one such example.
Designed by the US firm Louis Berger and Ammann & Whitney the
hanging cable steel arch
bridge is modelled to look like a giant dragon. The dragons are considered as one of the most
important symbols in Vietnamese culture. It symbolizes power, nobility and good
fortune.
The 666 metre (2,185 ft.) long, 37.5 metre (123
feet) wide, 6-lane bridge opened on March 29,
2013. The dragon's head is 18.24 metre (60 ft.) long while its tail is 19.37
metre (63.5 ft.) long.
The bridge is illuminated with thousands of colour changing LED lights.
Every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) it draws thousands of locals and tourists to
its fire and water-breathing show, when with a roar, the dragon's mouth
belches a large plume of fire followed by hissing sound of spewing of water vapour/steam.
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên
Image from Flickr is by shankar s.
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Viet Hoang Nguyen (Viet2001)
Breathing Fire
Image from Panoramio is by Nam Tuan
Breathing Water
Image from Flickr is by Khoi Tran
Image from Flickr is by bigwindblows
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Source of info: Wikipedia / alotrip.com
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