These are the longest bridges in the world that make us amazed at human intelligence and abilities.
Manchac Swamp Bridge: 36km
Location: On Lake Maurepas, Louisana, USA
The Manchac Swamp Bridge is a pair of parallel concrete bridges, one on Highway 51 and one on Interstate 55, spanning a large marsh. If stories about haunted ghosts are just rumors, then the crocodiles here are real.
Wuhan Electric Railway Bridge: 37km
Location: Huangpulu and Zongguan Station, Wuhan, China
The Wuhan Metro Bridge, the first skytrain line in the city, began operating in 2004. Designed as a Metro viaduct, it helps ease traffic congestion on the bridges that cross it. Yangtze River.
Lake Pontchartrain Highway: 38km
Location: Metairie, Louisiana and Mandeville, Louisiana, USA
Also known as “The Causeway”, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened in 1956 and includes two parallel bridges. Dubbed one of the scariest bridges in the world, it is so long that when you are in the middle of the bridge, you cannot see land at either end, making it feel like the bridge goes on forever. .
Beijing Great Bridge: 48km
Location: South Beijing and Langfang, Beijing, China
The Beijing Great Bridge is a railway viaduct and the first of many bridges on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. As of 2021, China has 961,100 road bridges, not including bridges for other means of transport.
Bang Na Expressway: 54km
Location: Bang Na Interchange and Chon Buri Interchange, Bangkok, Thailand
Also known as Burapha Withi Road, the Bang Na Expressway in Thailand is a box girder viaduct, elevated expressway, and six-lane toll road. Built at a cost of 1 billion USD, as of 2008, it still held the record as the longest bridge in the world.
Vi Ha Big Bridge: 79km
Location: Zhengzhou and Xi’an, Weinan, China
The Weinan Weihe Grande Bridge spans the Wei River, China’s “natural gateway to the west”, and the viaduct is part of the Zhengzhou–Xi’an high-speed railway. It was completed in 2008 and the railway opened in 2010.
Tianjin Great Bridge: 113km
Location: Langfang and Qingxia, Beijing, China
Completed in 2010 and opened in 2011, the Tianjin Grand Bridge is part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. This viaduct carries high-speed trains through densely populated areas and consists of 32 individual sections, each built and installed separately.
Cangde big bridge : 116km
Location: On the line between Beijing and Shanghai, China
Like the Tianjin Grand Bridge, the Cangde Bridge is also part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. This bridge has a total of 3,092 pillars and is designed to withstand seismic activities, including earthquakes.
Changhua Viaduct: 157km
Location: Baguashan, Changhua and Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Changhua Viaduct is part of Taiwan high-speed railway. This viaduct was built to withstand seismic activity, as Taiwan is located near the intersection of two tectonic plates, where earthquakes frequently occur.
Dan Duong – Con Son big bridge: 164km
Location: Shanghai and Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
The Danyang – Kunshan Great Bridge in China currently holds the record as the longest bridge in the world, with a huge length of 164 km. Like the other three bridges on this list, it is also part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. The bridge was built at a cost of about 8.5 billion USD. The bridge is not only designed to withstand seismic activity but also withstand extreme weather, such as hurricanes, and even impacts from 300,000-ton naval vessels.