Longest Bridges In The World

1. Saratov Bridge across the Volga River in Saratov, Russia was the longest bridge in the Soviet Union upon its inauguration in 1965. Its length is 2,803.7 meters and it connects Saratov on the right (west) bank of the Volga, with the city of Engels on the left (east) bank. .....

Jubilee Parkway

2. The Jubilee Parkway is a pair of parallel concrete viaduct bridges that carry Interstate 10 across Mobile Bay from the George Wallace Tunnel on Blakeley Island in Mobile, Alabama eastbound to Spanish Fort/Daphne, Alabama. .....

Confederation Bridge

3. The Confederation Bridge is a bridge spanning the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada. It has been referred to as the longest bridge in the world to span a body of ice during winter months. .....

New Ulyanovsk Bridge

4. The New Ulyanovsk Bridge is a truss bridge that crosses over the river Volga in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, connecting the city of Ulyanovsk with the east side of the Ulyanovsk Oblast. It is the second longest bridge in Russia, and one of the longest bridges in Europe with a length of 19.98 kilometres. .....

Bhumibol Bridge

5. Also known as the Industrial Ring Road Bridge, Bhumibol is part of the 13 km long Industrial Ring Road connecting southern Bangkok with Samut Prakan Province. The bridge crosses the Chao Phraya River twice, with two striking cable stayed spans of lengths of 702 m and 582 m supported by two diamond shaped pylons 173 m and 164 m high .....

Rio Niter i Bridge

6. President Costa e Silva Bridge, commonly known as the Rio Niteroi Bridge, is a box girder bridge located at Guanabara Bay, in the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and the municipality of Niter .....

Penang Bridge

7. Penang Bridge is a dual carriageway toll bridge connecting George Town on the island of Penang and Seberang Prai on the mainland of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula. The total length of the bridge is 13.5 km (8.4 mi), making it the longest bridge in Malaysia as and the fourth longest in Southeast Asia. .....

Kama Bridge

8. The Kama Bridge, is a bridge on the highway R239 near Sorochi Gory settlement in Tatarstan, Russia. It is a part of the longest bridge structure in Russia if measured by the total length of elevated roadway. .....

Vasco da Gama Bridge

9. 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 (10.7 mi). .....

Aerotrain Test Track

10. Although it has fallen out of use the Arotrain Test Track was where the French Arotrain high speed rail was being tested in the 1970s and despite portions of the extensive track having been demolished it is still visible today. .....

Incheon Bridge

11. The Incheon Bridge (also called the Incheon Grand Bridge) is a newly constructed reinforced concrete bridge in South Korea. At its opening in October 2009, it became the second connection between Yeongjong Island and the mainland of Incheon. .....

6th October Bridge

12. The 6th October Bridge is an elevated highway in central Cairo, Egypt. The 20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) bridge and causeway crosses the Nile River twice from the west bank suburbs, east through Gezira Island to Downtown Cairo, and on to connect the city to the Cairo International Airport to the east. Its name commemorates the date of The Crossing which commenced the outbreak day of the October War in 1973. .....

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

13. The bridge tunnel originally combined 12 miles (19 km) of trestle, two 1 mile (1.6 km) long tunnels, four artificial islands, two high level bridges, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) of causeway, and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of approach roads crossing Chesapeake Bay. .....

Jintang Bridge

14. Jintang Bridge is a highway bridge with a cable stayed bridge portion, built in Zhejiang, China on the Zhoushan Archipelago, the largest offshore island group in China. .....

Jiaozhou Bay Bridge

15. Although the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is technically the longest bridge over water, parts of it are suspended over dry land which means that the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has been declared to be the longest bridge running over a continuous span of water. .....

Atchafalaya Basin Bridge

16. The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges in the US state of Louisiana between Baton Rouge and Lafayette which carries Interstate 10 over the Atchafalaya Basin. .....

Shanghai Maglev Track

17. This 30 km long span of elevated track runs from Pudong International airport to the Shanghai city outskirts where passengers can transfer to the metro. .....

Donghai Bridge

18. Donghai Bridge is one of the longest cross sea bridges in the world. It has a total length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) and connects mainland Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep water port in China. .....

Runyang Bridge

19. The Runyang Bridge is a large bridge complex that crosses the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, China, downstream of Nanjing. The complex consists of two major bridges that link Zhenjiang on the south bank of the river and Yangzhou on the north. The bridge is part of the Beijing Shanghai Expressway. .....

Hangzhou Bay Bridge

20. At 35.673 km (22 mi) in length, Hangzhou Bay Bridge is one of the longest trans oceanic bridges in the world. .....

Manchac Swamp Bridge

21. The Manchac Swamp Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in the US state of Louisiana. It is located around Lake Pontchartrain, a lake well known for its incredibly long bridges, as you will see in a moment. .....

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

22. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, or the Causeway, consists of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long. It is the longest bridge in the world that runs continuously over water. .....

Bang Na Expressway

23. The Bang Na Expressway is a 55 km long six lane elevated highway in Thailand. It is often considered to be one of the longest bridges in the world (until 2010 the longest) but it is excluded from some lists since it does not cross a body of water for most of its length. The largest body of water that it crosses is the Bang Pakong River. .....

Tianjin Grand Bridge

24. Tianjin Grand Bridge is a railway viaduct bridge that runs between Langfang and Qingxian, part of the Beijing Shanghai High Speed Railway. It is one of the longest bridges in the world with a total length of about 113,700 m (373,000 ft), or 113.7 kilometres (70.6 mi). .....

Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge

25. The Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge is the worlds longest bridge.It is a 164.8 kilometres (102.4 mi) long viaduct on the Beijing Shanghai High Speed Railway where the geography is characterized by lowland rice paddies, canals, rivers and lakes. .....

Sidu River Bridge China

26. Height of 496 m (1,627 ft). This 1,222 m (4,009 ft) long suspension bridge is the worlds highest bridge since 2009. Located in the Hubei Province, it crosses the valley of the Sidu River Highest Bridges: Sidu River Bridge, China. .....

Baluarte Bridge Mexico

27. Height of 403 m (1,322 ft). A cable stayed bridge, located along the Durango Mazatln highway. The bridge has a total length of 1,124 m (3,688 ft), most of which passes above the valley below. the Baluarte Bridge is the highest cable stayed bridge in the world, and the second highest bridge overall. .....

Baling River Bridge China

28. Height of 370 m (1,210 ft). A suspension bridge in Guizhou Province. The bridge spans over the Baling River Valley. The bridge has a total length of 2,237 m (7,339 ft) .....

Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge China

29. Height of 366 m (1,201 ft). A suspension bridge in Guizhou Province. The bridge has a span width of 388 metres. Between 2003 and 2005, it was the worlds highest bridge .....

Beipanjiang River 2009 Bridge China

30. Height of 318 m (1,043 ft). A suspension bridge in Guizhou Province. It crosses the Beipan River. It was opened to the public in 2009, just 6 years after another (and higher) bridge crossing the same river was opened (see number 4 in this list) .....

Liuguanghe Bridge China

31. Height of 297 m (974 ft). A beam bridge in Guizhou, China. It held the record for worlds highest bridge between 2001 and 2003. It is still the highest beam bridge in the world .....

Zhijinghe River Bridge China

32. Height of 294 m (965 ft). The highest arch bridge in the world. The bridge crosses the valley of the Zhijinghe River and is opened to the public since 2009. .....

Royal Gorge Bridge

33. Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado, United States Height of 291 m (955 ft). The Royal Gorge Bridge is a tourist attraction within a theme park. The bridge deck crosses the Royal Gorge 955 feet (291 m) above the Arkansas River, and held the record of highest bridge in the world from 1929 until 2001. The bridge is 1,260 feet (384 m) long It is the highest in the United States. .....

Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge China

34. Height of 275 m (902 ft). The worlds highest railway bridge. The bridge spans a deep canyon on the Beipan River in Guizhou province. This is the third bridge within this list spanning over the Beipan river. .....

Mahatma Gandhi Setu

35. Mahatma Gandhi Setu is a bridge over the river Ganges connecting Patna in the south to Hajipur in the north of Bihar. Its length is 5,575 metres (18,291 ft) and it is one of the longest river bridge in India.It was inaugurated in May 1982 by the then Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi.The bridge was approved by the Central Government in 1969 and built by Gammon India Limited over a period of ten years, from 1972 to 1982. It was built in connect N .....