Architecture and Engineering

• 01 / Buildings and Bridges 2,717 ft Tallest building Burj Khalifa · Dubai See record ↗
• 02 / Vehicles and Speed 763 mph Land speed record ThrustSSC, driven by Andy Green · Black Rock Desert, Nevada, United States See record ↗
• 03 / Vehicles and Speed 269 ft Longest car ramp jump Travis Pastrana · Long Beach, California, United States See record ↗
• 04 / Buildings and Bridges 2,349 sq ft Largest portrait mosaic made from pumpkins and squashes Sunnyfields Farm See record ↗
• 05 / Vehicles and Speed 250.7 mph Fastest official radio-controlled car Stephen Wallis See record ↗
• 06 / Buildings and Bridges 102.4 miles Longest bridge Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge · Jiangsu See record ↗
• 07 / Ships, Planes and Trains 805 ft Longest aircraft ever built Hindenburg-class airship · Friedrichshafen, Germany See record ↗
• 08 / Ships, Planes and Trains 61.7 tons Largest helicopter in series production Mil Mi-26 · Russia See record ↗
• 09 / Ships, Planes and Trains 1,601 ft Longest ship ever built Prelude FLNG · Geoje, South Korea See record ↗
• 10 / Ships, Planes and Trains 376.4 mph Fastest motorcycle Ack Attack streamliner · Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA See record ↗
• 11 / Ships, Planes and Trains 52,911 tons Largest submarine Typhoon-class (Project 941 Akula) · Severodvinsk, Russia See record ↗
• 12 / Ships, Planes and Trains 853 passengers Largest passenger aircraft Airbus A380 · Toulouse, France See record ↗
• 13 / Ships, Planes and Trains 9,537 miles Longest scheduled nonstop commercial flight Singapore Airlines SQ 23, New York JFK to Singapore · New York to Singapore See record ↗
• 14 / Ships, Planes and Trains 110,231 tons Largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford · Norfolk, Virginia, USA See record ↗
• 15 / Ships, Planes and Trains $143 million Most expensive car sold at auction 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe · Stuttgart, Germany See record ↗
• 16 / Ships, Planes and Trains 4.6 miles Longest train BHP iron ore train · Western Australia See record ↗
• 17 / Ships, Planes and Trains 2:52:59 Fastest commercial transatlantic crossing British Airways Concorde · New York to London See record ↗
• 18 / Ships, Planes and Trains 341.4 mph Fastest electric car (land speed record) Buckeye Bullet 3, Ohio State University · Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA See record ↗
• 19 / Ships, Planes and Trains 384 ft Largest aircraft by wingspan Stratolaunch Roc · Mojave, California, USA See record ↗
• 20 / Ships, Planes and Trains 24,346 TEU Largest container ship MSC Irina (Irina class) · Mediterranean Shipping Company, Switzerland See record ↗
• 21 / Ships, Planes and Trains 248,663 gross tons Largest cruise ship Icon of the Seas (Icon class, shared with sister ships) · Miami, USA See record ↗
• 22 / Ships, Planes and Trains 403,342 gross tons Largest construction vessel Pioneering Spirit · Offshore, operated by Allseas See record ↗
• 23 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 13,171 miles Longest wall Great Wall of China · Northern China See record ↗
• 24 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 85.1 miles Longest tunnel Delaware Aqueduct · New York State, USA See record ↗
• 25 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 1,104 miles Longest canal Grand Canal of China · Beijing to Hangzhou, China See record ↗
• 26 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 23.5 miles Longest undersea tunnel section Channel Tunnel · English Channel, UK and France See record ↗
• 27 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 9,010 miles Longest national highway Highway 1, Australia · Australia See record ↗
• 28 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 22,500 megawatts Largest hydroelectric power plant Three Gorges Dam · Yichang, Hubei, China See record ↗
• 29 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 5,772 miles Longest railway line Trans-Siberian Railway · Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia See record ↗
• 30 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 565 miles Longest metro system Beijing Subway · Beijing, China See record ↗
• 31 / Tunnels, Dams and Roads 29,826 miles Longest high-speed rail network China high-speed rail · China See record ↗
• 32 / Buildings and Bridges 7,836,127 sq ft Largest palace Forbidden City · Beijing, China See record ↗
• 33 / Buildings and Bridges 1,377 ft Tallest chimney GRES-2 Power Station chimney · Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan See record ↗
• 34 / Buildings and Bridges 197 ft Deepest swimming pool Deep Dive Dubai · Dubai, UAE See record ↗
• 35 / Roller Coasters and Rides 820 ft Tallest Ferris wheel Ain Dubai · Bluewaters Island, Dubai, UAE See record ↗
• 36 / Roller Coasters and Rides 14,190 ft Longest roller coaster Falcons Flight, Six Flags Qiddiya City · Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia See record ↗
• 37 / Roller Coasters and Rides 394 ft Tallest drop tower Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom, Six Flags Magic Mountain · Valencia, California, USA See record ↗
• 38 / Roller Coasters and Rides 155.3 mph Fastest roller coaster Falcons Flight, Six Flags Qiddiya City · Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia See record ↗
• 39 / Roller Coasters and Rides 640 ft Tallest roller coaster Falcons Flight, Six Flags Qiddiya City · Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia See record ↗
• 40 / Buildings and Bridges 301 sq mi Largest airport by area King Fahd International Airport · Dammam, Saudi Arabia See record ↗
• 41 / Buildings and Bridges 1,237 ft Tallest hotel Ciel Dubai Marina · Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE See record ↗
• 42 / Buildings and Bridges 106 million passengers Busiest airport by passengers Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta, Georgia, USA See record ↗
• 43 / Buildings and Bridges 1,550 ft Tallest residential building Central Park Tower · New York City, USA See record ↗
• 44 / Buildings and Bridges 566 ft Tallest church Sagrada Familia · Barcelona, Spain See record ↗
• 45 / Vehicles and Speed 357.2 mph Fastest wheeled train TGV V150 · LGV Est, France See record ↗
• 46 / Vehicles and Speed 374.7 mph Fastest maglev train JR Central L0 Series · Yamanashi, Japan See record ↗
• 47 / Vehicles and Speed 2,193 mph Fastest jet aircraft SR-71A Blackbird, flown by Eldon Joersz and George Morgan · California, United States See record ↗
• 48 / Vehicles and Speed 317.6 mph Water speed record Spirit of Australia, driven by Ken Warby · Blowering Dam, Australia See record ↗
• 49 / Vehicles and Speed 4,520 mph Fastest crewed aircraft X-15A-2, flown by Pete Knight · California, United States See record ↗
• 50 / Buildings and Bridges 40,230 ft Deepest borehole Kola Superdeep Borehole · Murmansk Oblast, Russia See record ↗
• 51 / Buildings and Bridges 1,001 ft Tallest dam Jinping-I Dam · Sichuan, China See record ↗
• 52 / Buildings and Bridges 2,080 ft Tallest tower Tokyo Skytree · Tokyo, Japan See record ↗
• 53 / Buildings and Bridges 35.5 miles Longest rail tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel · Uri and Ticino, Switzerland See record ↗
• 54 / Buildings and Bridges 2,051 ft Highest bridge Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge · Guizhou, China See record ↗
• 55 / Buildings and Bridges 15.2 miles Longest road tunnel Lærdal Tunnel · Vestland, Norway See record ↗
• 56 / Buildings and Bridges 6,637 ft Longest suspension bridge span 1915 Çanakkale Bridge · Dardanelles, Turkey See record ↗
• 57 / Buildings and Bridges 132,000 seats Largest stadium by seating capacity Narendra Modi Stadium · Ahmedabad, India See record ↗
• 58 / Buildings and Bridges 597 ft Tallest statue Statue of Unity · Gujarat, India See record ↗

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