Vasco da Gama Bridge, Portugal - 56,381 feet: Lisbon's Vasco da Gama Bridge is the longest in Europe, spanning a total distance of 10.7 miles. Taking three years to complete, the bridge opened for traffic in 1998 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's discovery of the maritime route from Europe to India.
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave.
As the name suggests, electromagnetic waves are not matter waves, rather, they propagate through changes in the electric and magnetic fields in space. An electric or magnetic â¦ field can penetrate empty space without any problem.