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List of toll bridges § United States; Category:Lists of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record; Category:Lists of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places; Category:Lists of river crossings in the United States; Other topics. Transport in the United States; Rail transportation in the United States; High-speed ...
Huey P. Long Bridge, Jefferson Parish – one of the longest railroad bridges in the US: 7 km (4.3 mi) I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge , St. Charles Parish – carries Interstate 10 over the Bonnet Carré Spillway , Lake Pontchartrain and LaBranche Wetlands
The clearance below required under bridges for the largest ships—container ships, ocean liners and cruise ships—is around 220 feet (67 m) so there are often bridges with approximately that height located in coastal cities with bays or inlets, such as New York City's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. [1]
This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support.
With a total length of 58,077 feet (17,702 m; 10.9994 mi), it is one of the longest bridges in the world. The bridge carries Interstate 10 over the Bonnet Carré Spillway, Lake Pontchartrain, and LaBranche Wetlands in St. Charles Parish and a portion of St. John the Baptist and Jefferson Parishes. The bridge opened in 1972. [2]
Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot-long (4.995 mi; 8.038 km) [1] bridge is the world's 27th-longest main span and is the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere. [5] The Mackinac Bridge is part of Interstate 75 (I-75) and carries the Lake Michigan and Huron components of the Great Lakes Circle Tour across the straits ...
The Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, also known as the Braga Bridge, or simply, The Braga, is a through truss bridge that carries Interstate 195 over the Taunton River between the town of Somerset and the city of Fall River, near the mouth of the Quequechan River at the confluence with Mount Hope Bay.
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