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This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support.
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway holds the Guinness World Record for longest continuous span over water in the world. It previously was listed as longest bridge over water in the world; in 2011, in response to the opening of the Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China, Guinness World Records created two categories for bridges over water: Lake ...
The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (simplified Chinese: 丹昆特大桥; traditional Chinese: 丹昆特大橋; pinyin: Dān-Kūn tèdà qiáo) is a 164.8-kilometre-long (102.4 mi) viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. [2] It is the longest bridge in the world. [3]
We will take a look at the 15 longest bridges in the world. To skip our analysis of the construction industry, you can go directly to see the 5 Longest Bridges in the World.
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [4]
The bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world—with a main span of 2,023 m (2.023 km; 1.257 mi), the bridge surpasses the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (1998) in Japan by 32 m (105 ft). [4] [5] [6] The bridge was officially opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 18 March 2022 after roughly five years of construction. [7]
Sky Bridge 721 is a suspension footbridge that is the longest of its kind in the world, a record previously held by Gandaki Golden Footbridge. Built in the municipality of Dolní Morava, Czech Republic, the bridge is 721 metres long and is at a height of up to 95 metres off the ground. It first opened to the general public on 13 May 2022.
This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank bridges as it usually correlates with the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [ 1 ]