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Wellesley Island, New York, United States to Hill Island, Ontario, Canada: Official name: The Thousand Islands Bridge system: Maintained by: Thousand Islands Bridge Authority: Characteristics; Design: suspension, open-spandrel deck arch bridge & truss bridge [1] Total length: Total: 8.5 mi (13.7 km) Longest span: American suspension: 800 ft (240 m)
Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of 12,910 metres (8.02 mi) between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion.
It will have the longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge in North America at 853 m (2,800 ft), with a total bridge length of 2.5 km (1.6 mi). [72] At the highest point above the Detroit River, the bridge will be 46 m (151 ft) above the water. [71] The bridge will have six lanes for automotive traffic, and a bicycle and walking path. [71]
Cantilever arms 177 m (581 ft) long support a 195 m (640 ft) central structure, for a total span of 549 m (1,801 ft), still the longest cantilever bridge span in the world. (It was the all-categories longest span in the world until the Ambassador Bridge was completed in 1929.) It is the easternmost (farthest downstream) complete crossing of the ...
Detail of a span from the bridge deck The Caledonia Bridge , also known as the Grand River Bridge (built 1927) is a road bridge located in Caledonia, Ontario , Canada on Argyle Street. [ 2 ] The bridge is the only nine-span bridge of its kind in Canada and is considered the first reinforced concrete bridge of its type ever built.
Main span Crosses Notes 2024–present Tian'e Longtan Bridge Guangxi: 600 m (1,969 ft) Hongshui River 2020–2024 Pingnan Third Bridge Guangxi: 575 m (1886 ft) Xun River: 2009–2020 Chaotianmen Bridge: Chongqing: 552 m (1,811 ft) Yangtze: 2003–2009 Lupu Bridge: Shanghai: 550 m (1,804 ft) Huangpu River: 1977–2003 New River Gorge Bridge
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Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge. The Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge (also known as the St. Lawrence Bridge and the Seaway Skyway) is a suspension bridge connecting Ogdensburg, New York in the United States to Johnstown, Ontario (a few kilometres east of Prescott) in Canada.