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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.
The Donghai Bridge, China is the second longest cross-sea bridge in the world The Lupu Bridge, China. Donghai Bridge—Second-longest over-sea bridge; Duge Bridge—Highest bridge in the world as of late 2016; Lupu Bridge; Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge; Tongling Bridge; Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge
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 world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [4]
This list of largest cable-stayed bridges includes all bridges with a main span of at least 500 metres (1,640 ft) in length. This list only includes bridges that carry vehicular traffic, such as automobiles or trains. It does not include suspension bridges, footbridges or pipeline bridges.
The World's Greatest Bridges, Archive.org copy of The Bridge over the Strait of Messina website (out of date and other errors) List of longest spans, Pub Quiz Help (includes bridges that have not yet been completed) Steel bridges in the world, and other bridge statistics, The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction, March 2003 (out of date)
With a total length of 96,095 feet (29,290 m; 18 mi; 29 km), it is the third longest bridge in the US, the second longest on the interstate system, and 14th-longest in the world by total length. The bridge was opened to the public in 1973, construction was said to have begun in 1971.