Friday, January 20, 2012

Top 10 Longest Bridges in the World



Seven Mile Bridge


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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


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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


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



King Fahd Causeway


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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.