The longest bridge in the world has been in China since February

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28.02.2010 10:10
Bangkok/Prague - Ten years ago, in March 2000, the longest bridge in the world, the Bangnaji Expressway, was opened in Bangkok, Thailand, measuring 54 kilometers. However, the record tables changed this year on February 6, when the longest bridge in the world, the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in central China, measuring 79.732 km, was opened. In recent years, particularly in China, a number of record bridges have been built; for example, in 2008, the longest suspension bridge in the world was opened here, and a year later, the world's longest arch and highest bridge were also put into operation in the most populous country.
    A few bridge "bests":
    
Longest bridges in the world:
Rank Name Length (m) Country Year opened Type
1. Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge 79.732 China 2010 Railway
2. Bangnaji Expressway 54.000 Thailand 2000 Road
3. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway 38.442 USA 1956 Road
4. Manchac Swamp Bridge 36.710 USA 1970 Road
5. Yangcun Bridge 35.812 China (on the route from Beijing to Tianjin) 2007 Railway
6. Changzhou Bay Bridge 35.673 China 2008 Road
7. Runyang Bridge 35.660 China 2005 Road
8. Tongchai Bridge 32.500 China 2005 Road
9. Atchafalaya Basin Bridge 29.290 USA 1973 Road
10. Yenisei Bridge 28.543 China (on the route from Zhengzhou to Xi'an) 2009 Railway

Tallest bridges in the world:
Rank Name Height (m) Country Year opened
1. Siduhe Bridge 472 China 2009
2. PaLinge Bridge 375 China 2009
3. Royal Gorge Bridge 321 USA 1929
4. Millaud Viaduct 270 France 2004
5. New River Gorge Bridge 267 USA 1977

Longest suspension bridges in the world:
Rank Name Span (m) Country Year opened
1. Akashi Kaikyō Bridge 1991 Japan 1998
2. Sichuan-Tibet Railway Bridge 1650 China 2009
3. Great Belt Bridge 1624 Denmark 1998
4. Runyang Bridge 1490 China 2005
5. Humber Bridge 1410 Britain 1981

Longest arch bridges in the world:
Rank Name Span (m) Country Year opened
1. Qiao Chao Tian Men Bridge 552 China 2009
2. Lupu Bridge 550 China 2003
3. New River Gorge Bridge 518 USA 1977
4. Bayonne Bridge 504 USA 1931
5. Sydney Harbour Bridge 503 Australia 1932

Longest cable-stayed bridges in the world:
Rank Name Span (m) Country Year opened
1. Quebec Bridge 549 Canada 1919
2. Forth Rail Bridge 521 Britain (Scotland) 1890
3. Minato Bridge 510 Japan 1973
4. Commodore Barry Bridge 501 USA 1974
5. Crescent City Connection Bridge 480 USA 1958

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