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World's Tallest Free-Standing Broadcast Tower Completed

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-can-see-my-house-from-here dept.

dtmos writes "The world's tallest free-standing broadcast tower has been completed, in Tokyo (video). Rising to 634.0 metres (2,080 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in the world, after the Burj Khalifa. Completion was delayed two months due to the effects of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami."

2 of 65 comments (clear)

  1. Re:An impressive project by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Might be more expensive, but you can believe they'll make that money back by charging admission to the observation deck.

  2. Re:So ugly by zill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He meant "design" as in "aesthetic appearance". You interpreted "design" as in "engineering design". Just a minor miscommunication, that's all.