ANNA CREEK STATION - WORLD'S LARGEST WORKING CATTLE RANCH

Anna Creek Station is the world’s largest working cattle station. It is located in the Australian state of South Australia. Anna Creek station has an area of 9,142 square miles, which is slightly larger than Israel. It is over seven times the size of the United States’ biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas. Once there was a large workforce of stockmen at Anna Creek, who mustered the cattle on horses. Today, light aircraft are used for spotting animals which are rounded up by stockmen riding motorbikes.

HOW MUCH AMERICANS PAY IN ELECTRICITY RATES IN EACH STATE

KALAWAO COUNTY, HAWAII

Kalawao County is the smallest county in the United States both by population (88) and land area (53 sq mi). The county encompasses the Kalaupapa or Makanalua Peninsula on the north coast of the island of Molokai. The small peninsula is isolated from the rest of Molokai by sea cliffs over a quarter-mile high. The only access to Kalawao County is by air, or by steep mule trail that descends 1,600 feet from the rest of Molokai.

The Makanalua Peninsula on the Hawaiian Island of Molokai

WIDEST MEDIANS ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

WIDEST MEDIANS ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Interstate	Location	Width of Median
I-24	Southeast of Monteagle, Tennessee (Mile Marker 135)	1.86 Miles
I-84	Deadman Pass, Oregon (Mile Marker 226)	1.86 Miles
I-8	In-Ko-Pah Gorge, Imperial County, California (Mile Marker 123)	1.43 Miles

I-24 in Tennessee

I-84 in Oregon

I-8 in California

MILLAU VIADUCT - WORLD'S TALLEST BRIDGE

At 1,104 feet in height, the Millau Viaduct that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in Southern France is the tallest bridge in the world. The Millau Viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers and Montpellier. The cost of the construction was approximately €394 million. It was built over 3 years and formally inaugurated on December 14, 2004. The bridge has been consistently ranked as one of the great engineering achievements of all time.

NOTE: Highest measures distance from the bridge deck to the surface below. Tallest measures the structural height of the bridge tower.

Millau Viaduct over the Tarn Valley in Southern France

DUGE BRIDGE – WORLD’S HIGHEST BRIDGE

With a road deck sitting over 1,850 feet above the Beipan River, the Duge Bridge near Liupanshui in Chna is the highest bridge in the world. The bridge is part of the G5 Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway between Qujing and Liupanshui. The eastern tower measures 883 feet making it one of the tallest in the world.

NOTE: Highest measures distance from the bridge deck to the surface below. Tallest measures the structural height of the bridge tower. 

FLAG DAY (POST 1 OF 5)

Today, June 14, 2019 is Flag Day. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

The largest free-flying* American Flag is located on the grounds of The Acuity Insurance Company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. It measures 70 feet by 140 feet. (See March 6, 2019 post for more information and picture of the Acuity Flag)

*free-flying – able to fly freely in the wind as opposed to be painted on the side of a building

Other notable flags will be covered in following 4 posts.