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.
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From what I've been able to find, at least until April 21,2008, the Sky Gate Bridge R, which links man-made island of Kansai Airport to the Japanese mainland is the longest truss bridge in the world. It has a length of 3750m, and was opened in March of 1994. Cited source: http://www.japanese-greatest.com/civil-engineering-construction/truss-bridge.html
The longest suspension bridge in the world is currently the Akashi-KaikyŠBridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge. It links the Japanese city of Kobe on the mainland of Honshū to Iwaya on Awaji Island. The total length of all three spans of the bridge is 3,911 metres, while the central span has a length of 1,991 metres. The bridge was opened for traffic on 5 April 1998. The Indonesian government has approved the Sunda Strait Bridge which, if completed, will be the world's longest suspension bridge, with a total length of 26 km.
The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, which runs over land on the Beijing-Shanghai rail route, is 102 miles long, according to Guinness.
The longest river bridge in the world is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is approximately 126,122Êft in length and has a main span of 151Êft.
The worlds longest road bridge is in China
Hangzhou Bay Bridge , is a bridge with cable-stayed bridge portion across Hangzhou Bay off the eastern coast of China. The bridge is the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world.The bridge itself is 35.673 kilometres (22 mi) long with six expressway lanes in two directions.
No, it is the 7th longest bridge in the world, and the 2nd longest bridge over water.
Kinniya bridge. Nearly 300m on A 15 road. And longest steel bridge is kallady bridge, Batticaloa.
The longest railway bridge in the country of India is the Vembanad rail bridge. It is located in the state of Kerala.