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The 7,710-foot-long (2,350 m) floating span is the longest floating bridge in the world, as well as the world's widest measuring 116 feet (35 m) at its midpoint. It is a toll bridge and uses electronic collection.
At 7,869 feet (1.490 mi; 2.398 km) in length (floating portion 6,521 feet (1.235 mi; 1.988 km)), it is the longest floating bridge in the world located in a saltwater tidal basin, and the third longest floating bridge overall. [3] It opened in 1961 and was the second concrete floating bridge constructed in Washington.
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, the world's longest permanent floating bridge, crosses Lake Washington east of Seattle. This design for bridges is also used for permanent bridges designed for highway traffic, pedestrian traffic and bicycles, with sections for boats to ply the waterway being crossed.
The bridge's total length was approximately 15,580 feet (4,750 m). [1] Its 7,578-foot (2,310 m) [2] floating section was the longest floating bridge in the world until April 11, 2016, when its replacement exceeded it by 130 feet (40 m).
A toll bridge until 1979, its common name is the 520 bridge or Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. It was the longest floating bridge in the world until 2016. This bridge was removed in Spring, 2017. [5] SR 520 Albert D. Rosellini Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (2016 bridge) Completed 2016. Spans 7,710 feet (2,350 m).
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 Murrow Bridge is the second-longest floating bridge in the world, at 6,620 ft (2,020 m) (the longest is the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge–Evergreen Point, a few miles north on the same lake). The original Murrow Bridge opened in 1940, and was named the Lake Washington Floating Bridge.
Hood Canal is spanned by the Hood Canal Bridge, the third longest floating bridge in the world at 6,521 feet (1,988 m). According to the Washington State Department of Transportation , the Hood Canal Bridge is the only floating bridge in the United States constructed on saltwater, [ 10 ] although there are others, such as Nordhordland Bridge ...