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The 10 longest suspension bridges in the US Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the US. Night view of Golden Gate Bridge, the second longest suspension bridge in the US. Mackinac Bridge, spanning the Straits of Mackinac, has a main span measuring 1,158m. George Washington Bridge links the cities of New York and New Jersey.
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The worldâs longest suspension bridges Jiangyin Yangtzi River Bridge, China. Jiangyin Bridge, constructed at the lower reaches of Yangtze River, is the world's eighth longest suspension bridge with a central span of 1,385m. The bridge connects the cities of Jiangyin and Jingjiang in Jiangsu Province.
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The world's bridges: tallest, longest, oldest and best known OLDEST: Pons Fabricius – Built in 62 BC this Roman bridge connecting Campus Martius to Tiber Island still exists in its original state and has been in continuous use since its construction. The bridge is 203ft long and 18ft wide and is made up of rocks, bricks and limestone. TALLEST Millau Bridge – This stunning cable stayed vehicular bridge in France is the tallest in the world, with one mast reaching a height of 1,125ft. On cloudy days the bridge appears to almost float on the clouds.
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25 Longest Bridges In The World Share on Pinterest. The New Ulyanovsk Bridge is a truss bridge that crosses over the river Volga in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, connecting the city of Ulyanovsk with the east side of the Ulyanovsk Oblast. It is the second longest bridge in Russia, and one of the longest bridges in Europe with a length of 19.98 kilometres.
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- San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (Eastern Span). The widest bridge in the world (78.74 m) is also the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed. Tacoma Narrows Bridges (Washington State) 853 m—1950 & 2007. The pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m).
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Bridge The world's longest beam bridge is Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana in the United States, at 23.83 miles (38.35 km), with individual spans of 56 feet (17 m). Beam bridges are the most common bridge type in use today.
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Golden Gate Bridge - California - U.S.A. Famous Landmarks. It opened in 1937 and was, until 1964, the longest suspension bridge main span in the world, at 4,200 feet. Until 1964, the Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension bridge main span in the world, at 4,200 feet (1,300 m).
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A marathon span: China opens world's longest bridge over water China opened the world's longest bridge over water on Thursday. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26.4 miles long, according to Guinness World Records. It links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to Huangdao island. State-run CCTV said the 110-foot-wide bridge cost more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion).
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List of highest bridges List of highest bridges. In 2016 the Duge Bridge became the highest bridge in the world with a deck height of 565 m (1,854 ft), 69 m (226 ft) higher than any other bridge. This list of the world's highest bridges ranks bridges by deck height. The deck height of a bridge is the maximum vertical drop distance from the bridge deck (the road, rail or other transport bed of a bridge) down to the ground or water surface beneath the bridge span.
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Longest Bridges in the World 1. Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge – 164,800 meters. The Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge is, by far, the longest bridge in the world. Its length difference to the second longest bridge in the world is enough to make it the fifth longest bridge in the world. It is a viaduct completed in 2010 to serve train traffic.
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- Longest Single Span: 1,200 feet. Engineer(s): Figg & Muller Engineering Group. Completed in 1987, the Sunshine Skyway is the world's longest cable-stayed concrete bridge. It is probably the best known of the several dozen cable-stayed bridges that have been built in the United States since the late 1970s.
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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Lake Pontchartrain Causeway then became the longest bridge over water (continuous) while Jiaozhou Bay Bridge the longest bridge over water (aggregate). The bridges are supported by 9,500 concrete pilings. The two bridges feature a bascule, which spans the navigation channel 8 miles (13 km) south of the north shore.
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- FICTION: The Golden Gate Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world. FACT: The Bridge did hold this superlative title from 1937 to 1964—when the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York opened to bump the Golden Gate from the top spot.
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The 15 Longest Bridges In The World Earlier this year China opened the Quindao Haiwan Bridge, the world's longest bridge over water stretching 26.4 miles. With the opening of the Quindao Haiwan, Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Bridge fell to second longest after holding the top spot since it opened in 1956. Click here to see the bridges > ».
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The 10 longest suspension bridges in the US Golden Gate Bridge. Golden Gate Bridge, spanning the Golden Gate strait, connects San Francisco with the County of Marin. With a central span of 1,280.2m, it is currently the second longest suspension bridge in the US. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is the operator.
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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - 126,122 Feet Vasco da Gama Bridge - 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 Dama's discovery of the maritime route from Europe to India.
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- World's Longest Suspension Bridge Opens in Japan. On April 5, 1998, 10 years after construction began, the ribbon was cut to open the world's longest suspension bridge, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan. Following a parade of the 1,500 invited guests (including this author) across the bridge, the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan officiated the formal ceremony.
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QI: how long is the world's longest bridge? Fourteen of the 20 longest bridges in the world are in China. The longest outside Asia and the sixth longest in the world is Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain Causeway which is 24 miles (38km) long. Still in the US, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is the world’s widest at 78.7m (258ft) across. It has 10 traffic lanes and a cycle lane.
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Bridge The world's current largest arch bridge is the Chaotianmen Bridge over the Yangtze River with a length of 1,741 m (5,712 ft) and a span of 552 m (1,811 ft). The bridge was opened April 29, 2009 in Chongqing, China.
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The 15 Longest Bridges In The World With the opening of the Quindao Haiwan, Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Bridge fell to second longest after holding the top spot since it opened in 1956. We included road bridges with spans that mainly cover water, and excluded bridges over land and structures built for rail.
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A bridge too far? China unveils world's longest sea bridge which is five miles LONGER than the Dover-Calais crossing Longest: The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge was completed on December 27 and is 26.4 miles long - the equivalent of 174 Tower Bridges. That structure features two bridges running side by side and is 23.87 miles (38.42km) long. The three-way Qingdao Haiwan Bridge is a staggering 174 times longer than London’s Tower Bridge, over the Thames River – and shaves 19 miles off the drive from Qingdao to Huangdao.
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Top 10 Longest bridges in the World If one asked you what is the longest bridge in the world, the answer is here. 10. Seven Mile Bridge is a 2 lanes bridge in Florida Keys that connects Key Vaca of middle keys with Little duck keys of lower keys over Moser channel. It is 10887.5 meters long and 11.58 meters wide. It’s the 10th longest bridge on this list. 9.
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- Longest suspension bridge – The world's longest suspension bridge, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, spans the Akashi Strait that separates Kobe from Iwaya.
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Mackinac Bridge Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot (4.995 mi; 8.038 km) bridge (familiarly known as Big Mac and Mighty Mac) is the world's 19th-longest main span and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.[4] The Mackinac Bridge is part of Interstate 75 and the Lakes Michigan and Huron components of the Great Lakes Circle Tours ...