The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, which was completed in 1998, contains the world's longest suspension span (distance between support towers)-6,529 ft (1,991 m); the entire bridge, including the portions between the towers and the shores, totals nearly 2.5 mi (4 km).
Japan: The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge is about two miles long
The longest bridge in Japan and the world is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, completed in 1998 at a length of 1,991 metres.
Measured by the height of the road, it's the Royal Gorge Bridge, CO (321 m, 1,053 ft)If measured by the height of the towers, then it's le Viaduc de Millau, France (343 m, 1,125 ft).
The world's longest suspension bridge is the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Kobe, Japan.
It is a suspension bridge (the longest one in the world, in fact).
The Golden Gate Bridge is famous because it is the tenth longest suspension bridge in the world.
The Golden Gate Bridge
The longest non-suspension bridge is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge at 164.8 km long. The longest non-suspension bridge over water is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at 38.35 km long. The longest non-suspension bridge span is the Russky Bridge at 1.104 km long.
The longest suspension bridge in Japan and the world is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, located in the city of Kobe and completed in 1998 at a length of 1,991 metres.
The longest bridge in the UK as at 2006, is the Humber Estuary bridge, completed in 1981 at a length of 1,410 metres. At the time of construction, it was the longest bridge in the world, but is now the 4th longest in the world.
Longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.
The longest bridge in Japan and the world is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, completed in 1998 at a length of 1,991 metres.
The longest suspension bridge in Japan and the world is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, completed in 1998 at a length of 1,991 metres.
not any more.
The Golden Gate Bridge is famous because it is the tenth longest suspension bridge in the world.