World's Longest Sea Bridge, China
World's Longest Sea Bridge, China
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The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, connecting the city of Qingdao in Eastern China's Shandong province with the suburban Huangdao District across the waters of the northern part of Jiaozhou Bay, is the longest bridge over water. The 42.5 kilometer bridge is more than 4 kilometers longer than its previous record holder - a bridge over water is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana. The six-lane bridge is expected to carry over 30,000 cars a day and will cut the commute between the city of Qingdao and the sprawling suburb of Huangdao by between 20 and 30 minutes.
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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
It consists of two parallel bridges (4 lane) crossing Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana in US. The bridge is 38.442 km long (38.28 km over water at a stretch), span of 46 m and with a vertical clearance of around 5 m. Opened on August 30, 1956 with a toll of $ 3. Around 43,000 vehicles pass the bridge in a day.
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Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is the world's longest bridge. It is a 164.8 km long viaduct on the Beijing - Shanghai High speed railway with a Span of 80 m. The bridge is located between Shanghai and Nanjing in East China’s Jiangsu province. It includes a 9 km long section over water that crosses Yangcheng lake in Suzhou. At a cost $8.5 billion dollars in 2010 employing 10,000 workers.
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In fact, three of the world’s longest bridges are from China: the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, Tianjin Grand Bridge at 113.7 km and Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge at 79.732 km.
Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon
The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus River near Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts), with a total length of 17.2 km, including 0.829 km for the main bridge, 11.5 km in viaducts, and 4.8 km in dedicated access roads. The bridge is 30 m wide and 155 m in height. Longest span is 420 m long. The deepest foundation piles, up to 2.2 m in diameter, were driven down to 95 m under sea level. The bridge carries six road lanes, with a speed limit of 120 km/h, the same as motorways, except on one section which is limited to 100 km/h.
The bridge has a life expectancy of 120 years. Its purpose is to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's other bridge (25 de Abril Bridge), and to join previously unconnected motorways radiating from Lisbon. As of 2009, the toll is €2.40 per passenger car (up to €10.80 per truck) northbound (into Lisbon). There is no toll for southbound traffic.
The bridge was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998, 18 months after construction first began, just in time for Expo 98, the World's Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.
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