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The KVLY-TV mast is the tallest structure in the United States, at 2,063 ft (629 m) tall Galesville, Wisconsin WKBT-DT tower. This is a list of the tallest structures in the US that are at least 350 meters, ordered by height. Most are guyed masts used for FM- and TV-broadcasting:
Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for ... This 100-foot (30 m) tall cross conceals equipment for T-Mobile at ...
The second-tallest structure in Nevada is the Moapa Entravision Tower at Moapa, a 426.7 m (1,400 ft) tall guyed TV mast at Moapa erected in 2008, the third-tallest is the 401 m (1,316 ft) tall Moapa Kemp Tower at Moapa, the fourth-tallest is Stratosphere Tower near downtown Las Vegas, which was erected in 1994–96 and reaches 1,149 ft (350 m ...
The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers. This list is organized by absolute height.
The tower consists of two parts: a lattice tower of 1,950 feet (590 m); [6] topped by the transmitting antenna array of 53 feet (16 m). The total height of both is 1,987 feet (606 m). The antenna weighs 9,000 pounds (4.1 t), the lattice tower weighs 855,500 pounds (388.0 t), giving a total weight of 864,500 pounds (392.1 t).
Work began on replacement of the full-height mast with a more durably-built structure on April 1, 1998, and had reached the tower's previous height by July 30. That day members of the construction crew affixed a four-foot (1.2 m) flagpole to the top of the tower, making the structure's height effectively 2,064 ft (629 m), or one foot higher ...
Tianjin Radio and Television Tower: 415.2 1,362 1991 Concrete tower Observation, UHF/VHF-transmission China Tianjin 45 Al Hamra Tower: 414 1,358 2012 Skyscraper Mall, offices Kuwait Kuwait City World's tallest curved concrete tower
Original height: 382.5 metres. 1987: height reduction to 375 metres. Further height reduction to 366.8 metres on August 2, 2007: KXEO Radio Tower Missouri: 1,203 ft: 366.7 m: 1999: Guyed mast: UHF/VHF-transmission United States