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Showing posts with label Top 10 Longest Bridges in the World. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Top 10 Longest Bridges in the World


Seven Mile Bridge

seven-mile-bridge-florida


Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys runs between Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Key Vaca

San Mateo-Hayward Bridge

San-Mateo-Hayward-Bridge

Crosses California’s San Francisco Bay in the United States, linking the San Francisco Peninsula with the East Bay.

Confederation Bridge

Confederation-Bridge

Spanning the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada.

Rio-Niteroi Bridge

Rio-Niteroi-Bridge


Connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi in Brazil.

Penang Bridge

Penang-Bridge

Connects Gelugor on the island of Penang and Seberang Prai on the mainland of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula.

Vasco da Gama Bridge

Vasco-da-Gama-Bridge

Total length of 17.2 km (10.7 mi), including 0.829 km (0.5 mi) for the main bridge, 11.5 km (7.1 mi) in viaducts, and 4.8 km (3.0 mi) in dedicated access roads.

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge

At 4.3 miles (7 km) in length, the original span was the world’s longest continuous over-water steel structure.

King Fahd Causeway

King-Fahd-Causeway

Connecting Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and the island nation of Bahrain.

Donghai Bridge

Donghai-Bridge

Total length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 miles)

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Lake-Pontchartrain-Causeway

23.87 miles (38.42 km) long.