For our readers, we have compiled a list of all the longest suspension bridges in the world and arranged it on the basis of their longest span. Read the list and you will praise these marvels of human engineering.
A suspension bridge is defined to be as a bridge in which the load bearing portion named as deck is hung below by suspension cables on vertical suspenders.To elaborate this definition further, look at the picture below and you will understand what it meant more clearly.
Following is the list compiled of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge:
Name: Akashi Kaiky? Bridge
Built: 1998
Longest Span: 1,991 meters (6,532 feet)
Location: Japan
Xihoumen Bridge:
Name: Xihoumen Bridge
Built: 2007
Longest Span: 1,650 meters (5,413 feet)
Location: China
Great Belt Fixed Link:
Name: Great Belt Fixed Link
Built: 1998
Longest Span: 1,624 meters (5,328 ft))
Location: Denmark
Runyang Bridge:
Name: Runyang Bridge
Built: 2005
Longest Span: 1,490 meters (4,890 feet)
Location: China
Humber Bridge:
Name: Humber Bridge
Built: 1981
Longest Span: 1,410 meters (4,626 feet)
Location: England
Jiangyin Suspension Bridge:
Name: Jiangyin Suspension Bridge
Built: 1999
Longest Span: 1,385 metres (4,544 feet)
Location: China
Tsing Ma Bridge:
Name: Tsing Ma Bridge
Built: 1997
Longest Span: 1,377 metres (4,518 feet)
Location: Hong Kong
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge:
Name: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Built: 1964
Longest Span: 1,298 meters (4,260 feet)
Location: USA
Golden Gate Bridge:
Name: Golden Gate Bridge
Built: 1937
Longest Span: 1,280.2 m (4,200 feet)
Location: USA
Yangluo Bridge:
Name: Yangluo Bridge
Built: 2007
Longest Span: 1,280 meters (4,200 feet)
Location: China
Hoga Kusten Bridge:
Name: Hoga Kusten Bridge
Built: 1997
Longest Span: 1,210 metres (3,970 ft)
Location: Sweden
Mackinac Bridge:
Name: Mackinac Bridge
Built: 1957
Longest Span: 1,158 meters (3,800 feet)
Location:USA
Huangpu Bridge:
Name: Huangpu Bridge
Built: 2008
Longest Span: 1,108 meters (3,324 ft)
Location: China
Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge:
Name: Minami Bisan-Seto Bridge
Built: 1988
Longest Span: 1,100 meters (3,609 ft)
Location: Japan
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge:
Name: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
Built: 1988
Longest Span: 1,090 meters (3,270 feet)
Location: Turkey
Balinghe Bridge:
Name: Balinghe Bridge
Built: 2009
Longest Span: 1,088 meters (3,570 feet)
Location: China
Bosphorus Bridge:
Name: Bosphorus Bridge
Built: 1973
Longest Span: 1,074 meters (3,524 feet)
Location: Turkey
George Washington Bridge:
Name: George Washington Bridge
Built: 1927
Longest Span: 1,100 meters (3,500 feet)
Location: USA
Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge:
Name: Third Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge
Built: 1999
Longest Span: 1,030 meters (3,379 feet)
Location: Japan
Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge:
Name: Second Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge
Built: 1999
Longest Span: 1,020 meters (3,346 feet)
Location: Japan
25 de Abril Bridge:
Name: 25 de Abril Bridge
Built: 1966
Longest Span: 1,012.88 meters (3038.64 feet)
Location: Portugal
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