A selection of photos of beautiful and unusual bridges from around the world.
1. Zavikon Island Bridge is the smallest international bridge in the world. In fact, the bridge is located in Canada, but among local guides to attract tourists, a story was invented that this bridge connects Canada and the United States, such a kind of border between the two countries. The bridge is 10 meters long and is a property of Canada. it is officially recognized as the smallest bridge in the world!
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2. Howrah Bridge Is the busiest bridge in the world. Its bandwidth is amazing! About 2 million pedestrians, about 100 thousand head of cattle and more than 100 thousand vehicles pass through the bridge per day! The construction of the bridge began in 1937 and took 6 years to build. The bridge weighing 27 thousand tons, 90 meters high, 25 meters wide, and 705 meters long, 500 of which stands without a single support, has been standing for 70 years and does not have more than one bolt and nut! Looking at Howrah Bridge you can see this endless stream of people and vehicles! That's very beautiful!
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3. Blue bridge located in St. Petersburg is the widest bridge in the world. Its width is 97.3 meters, which is much more than its length! The Blue Bridge was built in the 19th century. The author of this building was V. Geste. The bridge crosses the Moika River. The name of the Blue Bridge comes from the fact that before the construction of this bridge there was a beautiful wooden bridge painted blue in its place. By the way, the wooden bridge was the same width as the new Blue Bridge.
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4. Sydney Harbor Bridge - this bridge is located in Sydney and is the largest arch bridge in the world. Sydney Harbor Bridge was built in 1932. Due to its shape, the bridge got the name "Hanger". "Hanger" of the bridge, i.e. the arch weighs 39 thousand tons! The arch rises 139 meters above sea level and has a clearance of 49 meters above the water, thanks to which any sea vessel can easily pass under the bridge. On hot days, the arch increases by 18 cm due to the fact that the metal expands from heat. The bridge weighs 52,800 tons, and the bridge is 1149 m long and 49 m wide.
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5. Bridge Royal Gorge Bridge (King's Bridge) from 1929 to 2003 ranked first among the largest bridges in the world. The bridge connects the two banks of the Colorado River. There is a 321 meter long gorge under the bridge. Previously, cars could ride on this bridge, but more recently, only pedestrians are allowed to move along the bridge. The bridge is the most visited place by tourists - adrenaline junkies. It turns out that there are a lot of people who want to jump off the 384-meter-high bridge. deep gorge! Despite the impressive size of the bridge in height, it is only 5.5 meters wide. But there is a sad fact about this bridge, it is also the most visited place by suicides.
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6. Viaduct Millau - the bridge is in France. The opening of the bridge took place in 2004. Its height is higher Eiffel tower and is equal to 341 meters, and its length is 2460 meters. For a time this bridge was considered the tallest bridge in the world, but the Chinese built a bridge higher! I will talk about the Chinese bridge further.
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7. Bridge over Syduhe - a bridge across the Syduhe River Valley in China. The bridge was opened in 2009. Its height is 496 meters! This height makes this bridge the tallest bridge in the world! Beautiful landscapes open from the bridge. The G50 highway runs across the bridge.
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8. Magdeburg bridge aqueduct (water bridge) - this bridge is located in Germany in the city of Magdeburg. The length of the bridge is 918 meters - this gives the bridge full right be called the longest navigable bridge in the world. The construction of the Magdeburg Bridge began in 1930, but due to the war in 1942, the construction of the bridge had to be postponed. After the split of the country after the Second World War, the project was postponed indefinitely. The construction of the bridge was resumed only in 1990.
The bridge began to function in 1997. The German government has spent 500 million euros on the construction of the aqueduct.
The bridge is 918 meters long, 34 meters wide and over 4 meters deep, and was constructed from 24,000 tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete. The water bridge is open to visitors. On the bridge there is a car park and a museum that tells the story of the Magdeburg Bridge. This is the most unusual bridge in our ranking.
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9. Rainbow Bridge - the largest natural bridge in the world. Its height is 88.4 meters, length is 83.8 meters. The bridge was formed after the rock was washed out by the stream of the river. The bridge is located in the United States, Utah, at the base of Mount Navajo.
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10. Bridge U - Bine Is the longest wooden bridge in the world. The length of the bridge is 1.2 km. It began to be built in 1860 by order of the King of the Kingdom of Burma (present-day Myanmar), during an economic and political crisis. The bridge was built on the advice of the priests to move the capital of the kingdom to a new location. Interesting factthat the U-Bain Bridge was built from the remains of the Emperor Amarapura's palace.
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11. Old Chain of Rocks Bridge - the world's longest bicycle and pedestrian bridge. The length of the bridge is 1631 meters. This bridge is located on the Mississippi River. In the flesh, until 1967, traffic moved along the bridge, highway 66 passed through the bridge, but later the route was changed. After 31 years, the bridge was officially named a bicycle and pedestrian bridge.
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12. Erasmus Bridge. The largest drawbridge in Western Europe. The bridge is 808 meters long. The bridge is located in Rotterdam, it runs over the Meuse River. In the homeland of the bridge, the bridge was named "Swan - Bridge" due to its unusual design and shape. The Erasmus Bridge was officially opened by Queen Beatrix in 1996. About 75 million euros were spent on the construction of the bridge.
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13. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge - the longest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge is located in Japan. The central span is 1991 meters long, with a total length of 3911 meters. The bridge was built in 1998. 5 billion US dollars were spent on the construction of the bridge. The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge holds another record. It turns out that if you pull out all the steel strands of the supporting cables of the bridge, then they can be tied around the entire globe as many as seven times !!!
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14. Bridge over the Jiaozhou Bay - the longest surface bridge. The bridge was recently built in China. Its length is 42.5 km. The cost of the bridge cost the Chinese $ 8.7 billion.
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15. A unique bridge 2 km 145 m long is located in Novosibirsk. This is a metro bridge. He took an honorable place in the Guinness Book of Records. There is no such bridge anywhere else on earth! Project, i.e. it was developed by Leningad specialists in the late 1970s. The construction of this bridge was started at the beginning of the 80th year and construction lasted for 5 years.
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02.06.2013
The longest bridges in the world
# 5. Qingdao Bay Bridge
Construction period: 2007-2011
This the first longest water bridge located in China, stretches over the Jiaozhou Bay for 42 km. It took not much, not a little, 5.5 billion pounds sterling to build the bridge! Six lanes and a reinforced structure and, as a result, a reduction in the time spent on the road from the city to the industrial zone - 30 minutes.
No. 4. Bang Na Highway, Thailand
Construction period: 1995-2000
The 54 km long bridge stretches in Bangkok in the form of a toll highway, which starts at the entrance to the city .. The main goal is to combat traffic jams. Six lanes do the job well.
No. 3. Bridge over Wei, China
Build period: 2008
The bridge, which crosses the Wei River and several other rivers twice, carries the Zhengzhou branch railroad tracks on its 80 km.
No. 2. Tianjin Viaduct, China
Construction period: 2008-2010
Another railway bridge and again in the People's Republic of China. 113.7 km cross the two provinces. Withstands the load of both regular and high-speed trains.
No. 1. Danyang-Kunshan Viaduct, China
Construction period: 2008-2010
The longest bridge in the world also intended for railroad... 164.8 km pass both above the water surface (the longest distance is 9 km) and over land.
The largest (highest) bridges in the world
No. 5. Stone Cutting Bridge, Hong Kong
Build period: 2004-2009
The bridge connects several islands and belongs to the type of cable-stayed structures. Its height is 298 meters, length is 1 km. In order to avoid destruction by typhoons, which are common in these territories, the bridge is additionally fortified.
No. 4. Akashi-Kaikyo, Japan
Construction period: 1994-1998
In addition to its impressive height (298 meters), this bridge is distinguished by one more feature: the largest span in the world was created between the two bearing pillars - its length is 1991 meters, there are three spans in total. There is a toll on the bridge, however, according to forecasts, it will pay off its construction only in 30 years, excluding inflation.
No. 3. Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze, China
Build period: 2003-2008
The construction of a 306 meter high road bridge connecting Nantong and Shanghai has reduced travel time between them from four hours to one.
№ 2. Russian bridge, Russia
Construction period: 2008-2012
This cable-stayed bridge It has largest span among themselves - 1104 meters! AND highest pylons - 324 meters. The bridge connects the mainland with the Russian island, hence the name. despite the scale of the construction and the records set during it, construction has been repeatedly criticized - for cost and corruption in the main.
No. 1. Viaduct Millau, France
Construction period: 2001-2004
Another cable-stayed bridge this time the highest transport in the world! Its supports stand at the bottom of a gorge in the Tarn River valley. It is higher than the Eiffel Tower, but lower (40 m) than the Empire State Building in New York. The height of the highest point is 343 meters. It was originally conceived with the aim of eliminating traffic jams on the highways leading from Paris to the south. The project was a success, the A75 highway (of which it is a part) became free and significantly accelerates the movement of motorists.
We welcome you again on the pages of our site "I and the World"! Bridges stretch over water, over land, over a precipice. Today we will tell you what is the longest bridge in the world.
Going on a trip around the world, take a look at the top 10 longest structures, take a closer look at the photos, find out where they are and what they are called. And then walk through them in reality.
On the 1st place Danyang-Kunshan viaduct - 164 800 m
Danyang-Kunshan Viaduct connects two cities in East China. This is a railway bridge that can be crossed by several trains at once. Almost 9 km passes above the water surface, the rest of the distance trains travel overland. The construction did not last long, only four years and 10,000 people worked here. China spent $ 8.5 billion on the project and it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest in the world.
2nd place is occupied by the Great Tianjin - 113,700 m
This facility continues the high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai, and is also built in China.
3rd place - Bridge over the Wei - 79,700 m
Chinese railway bridge again. It connects the banks of the Wei River and crosses it twice. Trains began to run on it in 2010, although it was built in 2008.
4th place - Bang Na Highway - 54,000 m
This is a six-lane highway, but many consider this road to be a bridge because it runs above the ground. The automotive giant is located in Thailand and took 5 years to build. Serious traffic jams convinced the authorities to build this highway and invest over a billion dollars in it. And although the highway is toll, many motorists and tourists try to drive along it, bypassing traffic jams and admiring the surrounding views.
The middle of the rating - Qingdao - 42,500 m
The largest car project across the body of water. The entire 42.5 km of Qingdao Bridge goes over the bay. It took 4 years to build it, and during this time it took $ 10 billion. Every day, up to 30,000 cars pass the road, saving only half an hour of time. Some people wonder: why spend that kind of money from the budget for 30 minutes of savings?
6th place - Pontchartrain Bridge-Dam - 38 420 m
Also goes through the water of Lake Pontchartrain USA. Located in Louisiana and requires a fee. Now you can drive between the two shores of the lake in just 50 minutes. It is very resistant to various elements, but it can be seen built so low above the water that barges periodically crash into it.
7th place is given to the Bridge over the Hangzhou Bay - 35 673 m
One of the most beautiful in the world, located in China. Surface, passing through the Pacific Gulf. The structure is built in the shape of the letter S. Driving through the structure, motorists reduce the distance by 120 km. Six lanes of the road can be driven at a speed of 100 km / h. The shelf life is set at around 100 years and then the structure is reconstructed.
On the 8th place is the Shanghai Maglev - 30,500 m
This is the most expensive Chinese railway project. It is made on a magnetic suspension. The project cost about 1.6 billion dollars. The road is mostly in swampy areas, and concrete pads had to be made every 25 km, which are expensive. The fastest train speed on such a bridge is about 430 km / h, but only one and a half minutes - there is almost no place to accelerate.
9th place is given to the Bridge-Tunnel, which passes through the Chesapeake Bay - 28 140 m
A very interesting structure that becomes an underwater tunnel. Great idea for a ride underwater. The building took 35 years to build. The fare on the bridge is $ 12 per ride. Cars travel for a while on the surface, and then "go" down into a tunnel under water, so that the ships can freely sail through the structure.
And the list ends with the King Fahd Bridge - 26,000 m
It consists of several dams and small bridges that connect Saudi Arabia and the island state of Bahrain. The name is given in honor of the king of Arabia, who laid the foundation for the construction. One of the parts is quite remarkable, as it rises high above the water, like a hill. I would like to tell you about other unique bridges that are not included in the top ten
The longest arch was built in Shanghai, more than 3.5 km long and about 45 m high
The longest hinged glass is again in China with a length of 488 m and a width of 2 m
The structure connects two rocks, and its weight reached 70 tons. When tourists come to the center, it sways slightly. How great it is, but also scary! 500 people can step on it at the same time.
The longest pedestrian suspension runs over the Akhshtyr gorge in Sochi. Length - 439 m and it stretches at a height of 207 m
The length of the longest in Europe - 17 km - Vasco da Gama
The structure is quite beautiful and passes over very clear waters. It took only a year and a half to build and was ready for the 500th anniversary of the opening of the route from Europe to India.
In Russia, the long cable-stayed one was built in Vladivostok 3100 m
It is about 29 meters wide and weighs 23,000 tons. High pylons rise 324 m. Another large cable-stayed one is located in St. Petersburg across the Neva River. It is fixed and has a length of 2884 m.
An unusual "dancing bridge" is laid across the Volga and stretches for 2.5 km
At the end of 2011, it was strengthened with the participation of specialists from Germany.
And here is the current project - the Crimean bridge
It will be one of the largest in Russia. For 19 km, the road and railways from the Taman Peninsula to the Crimean coast through the sea strait will pass nearby. Opening of the Crimean bridge:.
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Bridges are massive structures of concrete and metal that weigh thousands of tons and remain standing even during devastating natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Bridges enable people to overcome numerous natural obstacles such as lakes and rivers and are an integral part of modern rail transport.
For all their importance, you are unlikely to read books or articles that praise the greatness of bridges. Let's correct this omission. Here longest bridges in the world, the length of which exceeds even the newest achievement of Russia - the 19-kilometer Crimean Bridge.
10. Bridge over the Hangzhou Bay - 35.6 km
It is a cable-stayed bridge running from Jiaxing City District to Ningbo City in China's Zhejiang Province. The longest pedestrian bridge in the world, designed in Switzerland and proudly named "European", looks like a baby compared to the Chinese bridge. After all, the length of the "European" is only 494 meters.
Because of the many difficulties such a grandiose construction is facing, 600 experts have spent nearly ten years designing the bridge. Offshore construction was one of the main problems. As a solution, several parts of the bridge were built on land and then transported to the area for which they were built.
In the center of the bridge, a 10,000 square meter service center has been built under the name Land Between Sea and Sky. This center consists of shops, a parking, a restaurant, a hotel and a 145.6-meter observation tower that serves as a tourist attraction. The center is built on an island, which is a platform that rests on stilts so as not to interfere with the sea currents in the bay.
9. Yangcun Bridge - 35.8 km
Built as part of the Beijing-Tianjin rail link, this flyover bridge is used for high-speed trains that travel at 350 kilometers per hour.
8. Manchek Swamp Bridge - 36.7 km
The first, but not the last, bridge built in the USA on our list. Although its daily traffic (around 2,250 vehicles) pales in comparison to some of the country's newer bridges, the structure remains an engineering feat. After all, Manchek Swamp was built in 1979.
The bridge passes over the swamps, in which, according to legend, the werewolf Lugaru lived and a priestess practicing the voodoo cult lived. Legend has it that the priestess put a curse on the neighborhood, and indeed a hurricane swept three cities on the day of her funeral in 1915. Although the previous Manchek Swamp Bridge collapsed in 1976, the current structure successfully resists any curse and remains indestructible.
7. Bridge-dam over Lake Pontchartrain - 38.4 km
Although the Chinese hold the lead on our list, the American Bridge holds the title for the longest continuous flight over water. This overpass bridge bisects Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana and is supported by nine thousand concrete piles.
6. Qingdao Bridge - 42.5 km
The construction of the road connecting the Chinese port city of Qingdao with the suburb of Huangdao was carried out from 2007 to 2011. and required about 60 billion yuan (9.35 billion dollars). The space of Qingdao Bridge is divided into six lanes, and over 5200 supports support a multi-ton structure. Every day, 300 thousand cars pass through the bridge.
5. Bang Na Highway - 54 km
The six-lane bridge is located in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The highway was completed in 2000, after five long years of work and billions of dollars in funding. The construction used a total of 1,800,000 cubic meters of concrete.
4. Bridge over Wei - 79.7 km
Part of a major railroad that runs between east and west of China. The bridge connects Zhengzhou City in Henan Province and Xian City in Shaanxi Province. It became the first high-speed passenger railroad in western China, and was worth about 35.3 billion yuan ($ 5.4 billion).
3. Tianjin Great Bridge - 113.7 km
The third longest viaduct bridge is part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail link. It runs between Langfang County and Qingxian County.
2. Zhanghua-Kaohsiung Viaduct, 157.3 km
This bridge is only a few meters behind the longest overwater bridge in the world. Zhanghua-Kaohsiung is part of Taiwan's high-speed rail network and carries over 200 million passengers every month.
1. The longest bridge in the world: Danyang-Kunshan Viaduct - 164.8 km
China is not the only country to build large and expensive bridges. However, only China has built three of the world's longest bridges over water. And the longest of them is the viaduct that connects Shanghai with Nanjing. This grandiose structure is marked in the Guinness Book of Records.
The bridge, which opened in 2011, cost, according to various estimates, from 8.5 to 10 billion dollars. 10,000 people were involved in its construction. In total, the bridge is supported by 9,500 concrete piles.
The Danyang-Kunshan Bridge is unique in that it crosses many different places. It covers rivers, canals, chasms, streams, plains, hills, lakes and rice fields. The largest body of water it crosses is Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. The builders faced a difficult task - to make the bridge universal and as stable as possible. After all, the vast majority of land in the river floodplain consists of soft soils, not hard rocks. Therefore, the designers decided to choose the shape of the viaduct - a bridge consisting of numerous small spans, and not several very long ones. In this way, the spans will give the bridge the flexibility it needs to climb, descend, and turn. At the same time, the viaduct remains very strong throughout its length.
However, the title of "the longest suspension bridge in the world" is still the creation of Japanese engineers. The total length of the "Pearl" Bridge (Akashi-Kaikyo) is 39.1 km. The longest suspension bridge in the world stretches across the Akashi Strait and links the city of Kobe on Honshu Island to Awaji Island. He is not afraid of strong underwater currents, and if necessary, the structure will withstand tremors of magnitude 8.5.
Nowadays bridges are not something amazing or supernatural. They have long become a convenient tool for movement, and allow you to achieve your goal in the shortest possible time. Once bridges were trees, planks and ropes. Today, these are amazing designs that now and then compete in perfection and strength.
After everyone appreciated the convenience of these structures, bridges began to be perceived as a certain kind of art, they actually look impressively beautiful and represent a great creation of mankind. Many specially go on a journey in order to see and visit the most beautiful bridges in the world.
In this article, we will introduce you to the longest bridges in the world and tell you about the construction process, history and many interesting cases that are inextricably linked with them.
1.Danyan-Kunishan viaduct. China... it the longest bridge in the world, 164.8 kilometers long. It was built as part of the Beijing High Altitude Railway. Its construction took only 2 years. It is located in Jiangsu province, between Shanghai and the city of Nanki. The largest body of water that crosses the bridge - yangcheng Lake... The lake, in turn, is known for the habitat of shaggy-armed crabs, the meat of which is a great delicacy.
2.Tianjin Viaduct. China. The second longest bridge, also located in China and also took 2 years to build. Its length reaches 113,700 meters, which spread from the Beijing South railway station to Tianjin city.
It is not surprising that both the third longest bridge in the world located in China. Its total length is 79,732 meters and connects the cities of Zhengzhou and Xi'an. The bridge got this name because it crosses the Wei River twice.
4 Bang Na Highway Thailand... To be a bridge in the city Bangkok, and its total length is 54 kilometers. The construction of this elevated structure lasted 5 years, and the cost of the entire project is more than 1 billion US dollars. Movement across the bridge paid, this is due to the fact that there is a free land road. The bridge was created in order to relieve traffic jams on highways.
And again, China is the country that holds the record for the longest bridges. Its length is 42.5 kilometers and stretches the city of Qingdao with the Huangdao region, and also crosses the northern part of the Jiaozhou Bay.
The construction of the bridge took 4 years and cost China 60 billion RMB, the same as nearly US $ 10 billion. Every day 30,000 cars pass through the bridge, saving only 20-30 minutes, which is clearly not worth such a waste of the state budget.
6. Bridge (dam) over Lake Pontchartrain. USA.He has another name, which is better known to Americans - bridge between Mandeville and Metairiebecause the lake connects these two cities. It is located in the state of Louisiana, and the length is 38.42 kilometers.
If we compare it with other similar buildings, the bridge is distinguished by its special stability and resistance to different elements. True, during its existence (since 1948), one or several barges periodically crash into the bridge.
7 Hangzhou Bay Bridge... Despite the fact that this bridge is the seventh on our list, it is actually the first longest transoceanic bridge in the world.
In turn, it crosses the ocean and connects the cities of Shanghai and Ningbo. The bridge is 36 kilometers long and is expected to last 100 years despite being built in China.
8 Louisiana Paratroopers Bridge USA. From the name, it is obvious that the bridge is located in the state of Louisiana, namely between the cities of Baton Rouge and Lafayette... The bridge crosses the Atchafalaya Basin and has a length of 29.29 kilometers, which makes it second longest bridge in the USA... There is a memorial to the soldiers of the US 82nd Airborne Division near the Guest Center at Mile 12177 Highway.
9.King Fahd Bridge. Saudi Arabia... It is rather a whole complex of bridges, the total length of which is more than 25 kilometers. The task of the complex is to connect the city of El-Khubao to Saudi Arabia and the island state of Bahrain... Construction began in 1982 when the head of state, King Fahd and Isa laid the foundation stone.
10. Bridge - a tunnel across the Chesapeake Bay. USA.Have you ever seen how a bridge turns into an underwater tunnel? No? Then you have a great opportunity to ride under water. It is located in the state of Virginia, and was built back in 1964.
The bridge, if you can call it that at all, consists of two underwater tunnels (1600 meters each), 4 artificial islands, 2 bridges, more than 3 kilometers of dam roads and 9 kilometers of access roads. And all this was done so that the ships of the US Navy could safely go to the open sea. The total length of all these structures is 24.14 kilometers.
That's how inventive people can be. After you see, it will be difficult to call one of these whoppers. just a bridge, in fact, it is a real work of art, resourcefulness and talent.
In fact, this is not the limit of human capabilities and, given how quickly our planet is populated by more and more people, soon it will all be covered with many layers of bridges, highways and tunnels.
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