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In July 2011 the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China was named by Guinness World Records as the 'longest bridge over water'. [4] At that time there was some controversy in the United States as supporters of the former holder of the record, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, disagreed with Guinness World Records not calling the causeway the longest. [14]
Reported by Guinness World Records as the longest bridge over water (continuous). [1] ... United States Bridge to Russky Island: 3,100 10,200: 1,104 3,622: 2012: Highway:
The Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge is a rolling lift trunnion bridge that carries a single-track of Norfolk Southern rail line over Lake Pontchartrain between Slidell and New Orleans, Louisiana, parallel to the Maestri Bridge [2] At 5.8 miles (9.3 km) long, it is the longest railroad bridge in the United States and the longest rail bridge over water in the world.
It carries Interstate 55 and U.S. Route 51 over the Manchac Swamp in Louisiana and represents a third of the highway's approximately 66 miles (106 km) in Louisiana. With a total length of 22.80 miles (36.69 km), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it is one of the longest bridges in the world over water , and is the longest bridge on the Interstate Highway System ...
A timelapse of an eastbound trip over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. With shore-to-shore lengths of 3.83 and 4.03 miles (6.16 and 6.49 km), [3] [22] the two spans of the bridge form the longest fixed water crossing in Maryland. [23]
Royal Gorge Bridge, highest bridge in the United States. This is a list of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water. Height in this list refers to the distance from the bridge deck to the lowest point on the land, or the water surface, directly below.
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 ...
The bridge connects Newport News on the Virginia Peninsula with Isle of Wight County in the South Hampton Roads region, and is the easternmost such crossing without a tunnel component. When completed in 1928, the 4.39-mile (7.07 km) bridge was the longest bridge in the world over water. [3]