Arguably the longest bridge is the Bang Na Expressway, in Bangkok, Thailand. It is 33.5 miles long (54 km), but is not considered a bridge because it does not cross a single body of water, instead crossing a river and canals.
The longest bridge running over a single body of water in the world is now the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China. 42km in length, it links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the island of Huangdao. The bridge cost over $1.4 billion to build and was completed in mid-2011.
Other record-holding bridges:
The longest bridge in the world for many years was the 36km-long Hangzou Bay Bridge, which opened in May 2008. The record-breaking bridge has main cable-stayed spans of 448m and 318m.
The world's longest bridge used to be the Confederation Bridge. It connects the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island to the province of New Brunswick. The 12.9 kilometre long bridge was the world's longest road bridge, crossing ice-covered water. It was opened to traffic in 1997.
The longest suspension bridge in Japan and the world is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, completed in 1998 at a length of 1,991 metres.
The world's longest footbridge is believed to be the the Capilano Suspension Bridge, which crosses the Capilano River in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This footbridge is 136m or 446 feet in length, with a height of 70m (230 feet) above the canyon.
According to Wikipedia, the Sydney Harbour Bridge weighs 52,800 tons. But it makes no mention of whether this is the heaviest. (Previous answer on this page Portage Lake lift bridge weighs 42,000 tons and is the heaviest LIFT bridge.)
Name: Akashi Kaykio
Location: Kobe, Japan
Date Built: 1998
Span: 1991 Meters - 6532 Feet
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana is the listed in Guinness Book of World Records as the longest bridge at
23 miles 1538 yards. The bridge is supported by 9500 pilings, thus does not meet the requisite of the longest span.
Well depending on the bridge the Golden Gate Bridge is 2,735 meters long, 227 meters high, 27.432 meters wide, contains 75,300,000 Kilograms of steel, and weighs 805,000,000 Kilograms. So it has 166008083.425305 Pounds of steel, 1774721210.58925 Pounds in total weight, 83004.0417126525 Tons of steel, 887360.605294625 Tons in total weight. Its 8973.097 Feet long, 744.7507 Feet high, 90 Feet wide. And so really it just depends.
the strongest bridge in the world is a tripod bridge. they are very uncommon but they are truly the strongest.
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What is usually the strongest of a bridge
a truss bridge is the strongest
the golden gate bridge
Tacoma narrow bridge.
an arch bridge
suspension bridge
cable
it is the largest bridge in san francisco
The biggest and strongest bridge ever!
Warren truss bridge
an arched birgde is the strongest type of brigde
it is a flat joint