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halfahundredcats · 6 months ago

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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest bridge is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge. The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge was the longest bridge over water (aggregate length), but I think it’s been surpassed by the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge.

The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge — connecting Qingdao and Huangdao, China — is the world’s longest bridge, spanning 25.84 miles (41.58 km). The construction used 450,000 tons of steel and 2.3 million cubic meters of concrete. The bridge is T-shaped with an over-water, semi-directional interchange to allow for a third directional exit/entry from Hongdao Island.

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#jiaozhou bay bridge is the nemesis of the lake ponchartrain causeway #which is why i’m reblogging this correction like some kind of bridge expert which i am not #when the jbb opened it attempted to usurp the causeway’s claim to longest bridge over water #it caused enough controversy for the guiness book to create 2 separate categories #the causeway is the reigning champ of being the longest *continuous* bridge over water #it is terrifying and needs to be shown this respect

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