Leonardo da Vinci was a true Renaissance man whose works still awe people even today.
One of his lesser-known works, a bridge design he submitted to the Ottoman Empire, would have been the longest bridge at the time at 919 feet long (280 meters).
Leonardo da Vinci Bridge Design
It was in 1502 A.D. when Sultan Bayezid II was looking for proposals for a bridge design that would connect Constantinopole, now Istanbul, to the neighboring city of Galata. Leonardo da Vinci was one of those who submitted a design to the Empire, but it was not chosen and remained in the background of his other more famous works.
Interestingly, even if his design was four times shorter than the George Washington Bridge and almost five times shorter than the Golden Gate Bridge, if it was built it would have been the longest, in fact, 10 times longer, than typical bridges at the time.
