What is the longest bridge in the world?

The world's longest bridge is the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China, part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. The bridge, which opened in June 2011, spans 102.4 miles (165 kilometers). Another part of that train line, the 70.8-mile (114-km) long Langfang–Qingxian viaduct, is the second longest bridge in the world.

China constructed the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in just 4 years, employing 10,000 workers, at a cost of about $8.5 million. It crosses low rice paddies, part of the Yangtze River Delta, with just a few miles of the bridge actually crossing the open water of Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. The bridge averages about 100 feet (31 meters) off the ground.

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Albeck1994

Justify the remark. It doesn't say over land or water. It just asks what is the longest bridge in the world. Which is danyang kunshan. Lake pontchartrain is only the longest totally over water.

jmstelly

I also live in south Louisiana - sorry ya'll, the Causeway is NO longer the longest bridge in the world. When the now-longest bridge in the world was officially put into commission, it was reported in the BR and NOLA newspapers that the new bridge in China is in the Guiness Book of World Records as "the longest bridge in the world." Just sayin'.

Paul Baldassarre

Had the question asked what is the longest bridge "over water" Lake Pontchartrain Causeway would have been correct. Sense it didn't ask that, the correct answer is Danyang-Kunshan.

✨KRISTA✨

I have an innate fear of bridges 🌊. Either walking 🚸 or driving 🚗 over them (I believe it is called "Gephyrophobia"). I am sure it stems from my fear of deep waters (Thalassophobia). Oh man, I am in need of some major therapy!😹💕

dvdeaton

Figured it was in China or Malaysia. China sounded right..

aaustin

I take exception to this being called a bridge. Not a true bridge in the strictist definition of the word. This sounds more like a causeway or trellis. Just my opinion when I read it.