The Next World's Largest Arch Bridge in Dubai in 2012

If any real city on our planet can claim an active stake in creating the urban landscape of the future, it's probably Dubai. Artificial islands arranged in the shape of the world? Check. The world's only seven-star hotel? Check. And in 2012, it will also become home to the largest, tallest arch bridge ever.

Scheduled to finish in the next 4 years, the world’s largest arch bridge will expand one mile long and 670 feet tall in Dubai. The bridged designed by New York based architecture consultant.
Here's some info on the bridge as envisioned by New York architecture firm:

• It's one mile long and 670 feet tall


• It will have 12 lanes for traffic


• It will cost 817 million dollars


• The design has Sheikh Mohammed's official stamp of approval


• The bridge will carry more than 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction


• A metro line will run across the middle


• Construction begins in March, with a slated completion date of 2012