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Golden Gate Bridge is the longest suspension bridges in the US that crosses the Straits of Golden Gate Californians, a meeting point between the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, located at the mouth of upper New York Bay, is the longest suspension bridge in the US. It is a double-decker suspension bridge with six lanes per deck. It is named after Giovanni di Verrazano, the first explorer to sail into the New York Harbour and the east coast of North America in 1524.
Suspension bridges have the longest spans of any type of bridge. Cable-stayed bridges, the next longest design, are practical for spans up to just over 1 kilometre. Therefore, as of 2021, the 31 longest bridges on this list are the 31 longest spans of all types of vehicular bridges (other than floating pontoon bridges).
1) Verrazano-Narrows Bridge - 4,260 feet. Image Source. The 4,260 foot long Verrazano-Narrows Bridge which spans the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island where the Hudson River empties into the Atlantic Ocean in New York City is the longest suspension bridge in the United States and 8th longest suspension bridge in the world.
Today we’ll be looking at the 10 longest American bridges and ranking them according to how many miles long they are. We’ll also learn some interesting details about their surrounding areas and constructions!
Mackinac Bridge, long-span suspension bridge, spanning the Mackinac Straits from the Upper to the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It is the third longest suspension bridge in the United States, after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge; it is the 25th longest in the world.
The Mackinac Bridge is currently the seventh-longest suspension bridge in the world by total suspended length, and the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. The bridge opened to traffic on November 1, 1957.
Finished in 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows bridge spanning lower New York Bay is the longest suspension bridge in the United States.
Here’s a list of the longest suspension bridges in the United States. The bridges are ranked by the length of the longest span, so no viaducts. With a 1,595-foot main span, the Brooklyn...
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