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Most Prestigious Projects
for Engineers to Work On
Working in engineering is a rewarding
Working in engineering
career path.
is
It allows
a rewarding
you to
career
make
path. It allows
a difference
you to make
in the
a
world
difference
by using
in
the world by
problem-solving
using problem-solving
skills to overcome
skills to
overcome
seemingly
seemingly
impossible
impossible
challenges.
challenges.
Major
Major
infrastructure
infrastructure
projects
projects
can improve
can improve
the lives
the
lives
of thousands
of thousands
and
and
even
even
millions
millions
of
of people
people
through
through
improved
improved
access
access
to
to
clean
clean
water,
water,
better
better
transport
transport
links,
links,
and
and a
more
more
aesthetically
aesthetically
pleasing
pleasing
environment.
environment.
If
If
you
you
are
are
considering
considering
becoming
becoming
an
an
engineer
engineer
and
and
you
you
want
want
to
to
leave
leave
your
your
mark
mark
on
on
the
the
world,
world,
then
then
these
these
are
are
some
some
of
of
the
the
most
most
prestigious
prestigious
projects
projects
you
you
could
could
aspire
aspire
to
to
work
work
on.
on.
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Bridge
Bridge
Bridges
Bridges
have
have
been
been a
part
part
of
of
civilization
civilization
for
for
all
all
of
of
recorded
recorded
history.
history.
It’s
It’s
likely
likely
the
the
bridges
bridges
created
created
by
by
early
early
humans
humans
were
were
very
very
primitive
primitive
in
in
nature,
nature,
using
using a
felled
felled
tree
tree
to
to
provide
provide a
path
path
across
across
rivers
rivers
and
and
streams.
streams.
However,
However,
we
we
very
very
quickly
quickly
refined our techniques to build better bridges.
refined our techniques to build better bridges.
The
The
most
most
prestigious
prestigious
bridges
bridges
are
are
those
those
that
that
connect
connect
multiple
multiple
countries
countries
or
or
push
push
the
the
boundaries
boundaries
of
of
human
human
ability.
ability.
For
For
example,
example,
the
the
Øresund
Øresund
Bridge
Bridge
connects
connects
Sweden
Sweden
and
and
Denmark,
Denmark,
crossing
crossing
the
the
Øresund
Øresund
strait.
strait.
This
This
8
kilometers
kilometers
(5
(5
miles)
miles)
cable-stayed
cable-stayed
bridge
bridge
carries
carries
four
four
lanes
lanes
of
of
cars
cars
and
and
two
two
railway
railway
tracks
tracks
between
between
the
the
two
two
countries.
countries.
To
To
allow
allow
ships
ships
to
to
pass
pass
through,
through,
the
the
bridge
bridge
needed
needed
57
57
meters
meters
of
of
clearance
clearance
but
but
also
also
needed
needed
to
to
be
be
low
low
enough
enough
to
to
not
not
affect
affect
the
the
flight
flight
paths
paths
of
of
the
the
nearby
nearby
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Airport.
Airport.
To
To
achieve
achieve
this,
this,
engineers
engineers
designed
designed a
solution
solution
that
that
saw
saw
the
the
bridge
bridge
descend
descend
into
into a
tunnel,
tunnel,
creating
creating
an
an
artificial
artificial
island
island
for
for
the
the
transition
transition
between
between
the
the
two.
two.
The
The
finished
finished
product
product
is
is
an
an
impressive
impressive
feat
feat
of
of
engineering,
engineering,
and
and
those
those
who
who
worked
worked
on
on
it
it
can
can
be
be
proud
proud
of.
of.
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