10 of the longest bridges in the world

 

Bridges play an important role in modern architecture and development of cities and are among the most used communication ways. Due to the advancement of technology and the use of more advanced tools, today we see huge bridges being built all over the world. In this article to introduce The longest bridges in the world have paid.

 

The longest bridges in the world:

 

It is a bit difficult to say which of the world’s bridges are the longest. In the past few years, there have been many differences for measuring the length of the longest bridges in the world because there are many criteria for this measurement. But the bridges introduced below are known as the longest bridges in the world:

 

 

1- Danyang Kanshan Bridge:

 

Danyang Kanshan Great Bridge, located in China, is the longest bridge in the world with a length of 1.64 km. This bridge connects the two cities of Shanghai and Nanjing in China, and one is actually a railway bridge that the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway passes through. This bridge, which was opened in June 2011, holds the title of longest bridge in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records.

 

 

 

 

2- Hong Kong – Zhuhai Bridge:

 

This bridge and the road that connects it to the road are 55 kilometers long and connect Hong Kong to the Macao Peninsula and to the city of Zhuhai in China. This bridge is designed to be resistant to earthquakes and storms, and about 400,000 tons of steel were used for its construction. With this amount of steel, 60 Eiffel Towers can be built.

 

 

About 30 km of the route of this bridge passes over the water in the South Sea in the Pearl River Delta, 7 km of which is a tunnel built under water and connected to the bridge by two artificial islands.

 

 

 

 

3- Beijing Grand Bridge:

 

With a length of more than 48 kilometers, the Beijing Grand Bridge, like most of the long bridges in the world, is a part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train line, which was opened in 2010.

 

 

4- New Yulanovsk bridge:

 

This bridge is also stretched over the Volga River in Russia to connect the city of Ulyanovsk to the eastern side of Ulyanovsk province. The bridge with a length of 19.98 km is the second longest bridge in Russia and one of the longest bridges in Europe.

 

 

 

 

5- Penang Bridge:

 

If it wasn’t for this bridge, you would never be able to get from Malaysia to the beautiful island of Penang by road. This bridge has two back and forth lanes, and a part of it has a special place to collect tolls from passing vehicles. With a length of 13.5 km, this bridge is the longest bridge in Malaysia and the fourth longest bridge in Southeast Asia.

 

 

 

 

6- Jubilee Parkway Bridge:

 

Jubilee Parkway Bridge is a pair of parallel concrete bridges that connect different states of America. This bridge is about 12 kilometers long and was opened in 1978.

 

 

 

 

7- Beijing Bridge:

 

This bridge is part of the huge Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway project. The length of this bridge is 48,158 meters.

 

 

8- Paul Satorov:

 

The Russian city of Satarov has a bridge that spans the Volga River, and when it was opened in 1965, it was the longest bridge in the area. The length of this bridge is about 2803 meters and it connects the city of Satarov on the west side of the Volga River to the city of Engels on the east side of the river.

 

 

 

 

9- Aizhai Bridge:

 

The longest bridge in the world has been built to solve the problem of traffic in one of the mountainous provinces of China, which cost more than 170 million pounds. “Aizhai" bridge was officially opened in March 2012 to solve the traffic problem; The length of this bridge is more than 1176 meters and its height reaches 336 meters.

 

 

 

 

10- Confederation Bridge:

 

In winter, crossing this bridge is a special and unique experience, because in this season of the year, the Northumberland Strait in Canada freezes completely. This bridge is used to connect the province of Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and in winters it is called the longest bridge in the world on ice.