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    During the current global health crisis, few people are thinking big. It’s a time when most are worried about simply making it through the day. However, it’s important during times like these to think about what’s possible. That’s why we’re sharing our list of the world’s longest and most inspiring bridges and what makes them all so awesome.

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    During the current global health crisis, few people are thinking big. It’s a time when most are worried about simply making it through the day. However, it’s important during times like these to think about what’s possible. That’s why we’re sharing our list of the world’s longest and most inspiring bridges and what makes them all so awesome.

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    7 LONGEST BRIDGES

    IN THE WORLD
    1. DANYANG–KUNSHAN
    GRAND BRIDGE
    Opened: 2011

    Country: China

    Bridge Type: Viaduct


    Total Length: 164,851 m
    Construction Cost: 850 crores USD
    About: The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is a 169-
    kilometre-long (105 mi) viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai
    High-Speed Railway. It is the world's longest bridge. The
    bridge is located on the rail line between Shanghai and
    Nanjing in Jiangsu province. It is in the Yangtze River
    Delta where the geography is characterised by lowland
    rice paddies, canals, rivers, and lakes. The bridge runs
    roughly parallel to the Yangtze River, about 8 to 80 km (5
    to 50 mi) south of the river. It passes through the northern
    edges of population centers (from west to east)
    beginning in Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, and
    ending in Kunshan.
    2. CHANGHUA–KAOHSIUNG
    VIADUCT
    Opened: 2007

    Country: Taiwan

    Bridge Type: viaduct


    Total Length: 157,317 m
    Construction Cost: 815 crores USD
    About: The Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct is the world's
    second longest bridge. The bridge acts as a viaduct for
    part of the railway line of the Taiwan High Speed Rail
    network. Over 200 million passengers had been carried
    over it by December 2012. THSR Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi,
    Tainan stations are built along this viaduct. The railway is
    built across a vast series of viaducts, as they were designed
    to be earthquake resistant to allow for trains to stop safely
    during a seismic event and for repairable damage
    following a maximum design earthquake.
    3. TIANJIN GRAND
    BRIDGE
    Opened: 2011

    Country: China

    Bridge Type: viaduct


    Total Length: 113,700 m
    Construction Cost: 800 crores USD
    About: Tianjin Grand Bridge is a railway viaduct bridge that
    runs between Langfang and Qingxian, part of the Beijing–
    Shanghai High-Speed Railway. It was completed in 2010
    and opened in 2011. At the time Guinness World Records
    recorded it as the second longest bridge in the world. The
    design of the elevated track was chosen on the one hand
    to avoid numerous individual structures for crossing roads
    and railways, and on the other to shorten the construction
    period. In addition, the railway line requires less land area in
    this design: a railway embankment requires 28.4 hectares
    per routed kilometer, the bridge but only 10.9 ha, less than
    half the area.
    4. CANGDE GRAND
    BRIDGE
    Opened: 2010

    Country: China

    Bridge Type: Viaduct


    Total Length: 105.810 m
    Construction Cost: 790 crores USD
    About: Cangde Grand Bridge is the world's fourth
    longest bridge. The bridge has been designed with a
    view to withstanding earthquakes. The line is one of the
    busiest high-speed railways in the world, transporting
    over 180 million passengers in 2019. This reduced travel
    times between Beijing and Shanghai to about 4 hours 18
    minutes on the fastest scheduled trains.
    5. WEINAN WEIHE
    GRAND BRIDGE
    Opened: 2008

    Country: China

    Bridge Type: Arch


    Total Length: 79,732 m
    Construction Cost: 400 crores USD
    About: The Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge is a part of the
    Zhengzhou–Xi'an High-Speed Railway which connects
    Zhengzhou and Xi'an, in China. The bridge was
    completed in 2008 but the railway line itself did not
    open until February 6, 2010. This viaduct is another major
    feat of engineering. There were more than 10,000
    workers involved in its construction. It required upward of
    2.3 million cubic meters of concrete and 45,000 tons of
    steel to be completed.
    6. SHEIKH JABER AL-AHMAD
    AL-SABAH CAUSEWAY

    Opened: 2013

    Country: Kuwait

    Bridge Type: Beam


    Total Length: 48,500 m
    Construction Cost: 360 crores USD
    About: The Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway is a
    mega bridge project with an estimated construction value
    of approximately US$3 billion that spans the Bay of Kuwait in
    two directions and comprises two projects: Main Link, which
    connects Kuwait City with the future Silk City; and Doha Link,
    which connects Kuwait City with Doha and the Kuwait
    Entertainment City. The project forms part of the Kuwait
    National Development Plan 2035. The bridges are named
    after the late Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah who reigned during the
    Gulf War. to commemorate his contribution to the
    development of Kuwait.
    7. BEIJING GRAND
    BRIDGE
    Opened: 2011

    Country: China

    Bridge Type: Beam


    Total Length: 48,153 m
    Construction Cost: 850 crores USD
    About: At just under 30 miles long, this viaduct connects
    the two global business hubs of Beijing and Shanghai. It is
    the fourth bridge that’s part of the Beijing-–Shanghai High-
    Speed Railway to be on make our list. People taking trips
    on the Beijing-–Shanghai High-Speed Railway begin or end
    their journeys on this bridge. It is located just south of
    Beijing.

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