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The Braga Bridge is a continuous truss bridge. It was the fourth longest span of this type when it was completed in 1966. This list of continuous bridge spans ranks the world's continuous truss bridges in two listings: The first is ranked by the length of main span (the longest length of unsupported roadway) and the second by the total length of continuous truss spans.
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is North America's longest continuous truss bridge. Smaller continuous truss bridge over the Illinois River at Lacon, Illinois The Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge The Sciotoville Bridge (1916), the first continuous truss bridge in the United States. A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge that extends without hinges ...
Guinness: Longest bridge over water (continuous), 1969 [1] 38,442 126,122 (Viaduct) 1956 (SB) 1969 (NB) Highway: ... List of longest continuous truss bridge spans;
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through-truss bridge in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that spans the lower Columbia River. It carries a section of U.S. Route 101 from Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice near Megler, Washington. Opened in 1966, it is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.
The Ikitsuki Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that connects Ikitsuki to Hirado Island. Completed in 1991, it has a main span of 400 meters (1,300 feet). [ 1 ] It is the longest continuous truss bridge in the world .
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.
The bridge is continuous across two 775-foot-long (236 m) spans, [2] and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.
The central section of the bridge uses a combined arch and truss structure and the bridge is one of the longest continuous truss bridges in the world, with a longest span of 216 meters (709 ft) and a total truss length of 1,314 meters (4,311 ft) =3x162+180+216+180+2x126. [1]