10 giant bridges in the world

Looking around the world there are various bridges, but this time I tried collecting long bridges such as the Seven Mile Bridge and the Tokai Bridge in China. The Seto Ohashi bridge and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge are also nice, but you can see the bridge looking like a far off line to the horizon.

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◆ Seven Mile Bridge (Seven Mile Bridge)
The US-1 line connecting 126 miles from the southern tip of the Florida peninsula to the Key West across the Gulf of Mexico (about 202 km). There are 42 bridges in all, one of which is this Seven Mile Bridge. As the name suggests, the length is about 7 miles (about 11 km), and the movie "True Rise"It is a famous bridge used in various movies and commercials, such as blowing up the old road running parallel to the current bridge at the climax of.




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◆ San Mateo · Hayward Bridge (San Mateo-Hayward Bridge)
It connects San Mateo facing San Francisco Bay in California to Hayward. The first bridge was the longest in the world in 1929. The height of the bridge was fairly low and part of it became a movable bridge in order to pass the ship, which caused heavy congestion and a new bridge was built in 1967.




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◆ Confederation Bridge (Confederation Bridge)
It is a 12.9 km long bridge connecting Canada's New Brunswick Province with Prince Edward Island, which was completed in 1997 and the construction cost was $ 1.3 billion (about 140 billion yen).


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◆ Rio-Niteroi Bridge (Rio-Niteroi Bridge)
Bridge connecting Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Niteroi on the other side across the bay. On August 23, 1968, Elizabeth II and Philip Prince visited Brazil for the first time (and until now) and construction began in 1969. Opening in 1974, officially taking the name of the President who ordered construction "President Costa e Silva Bridge" seems to be, but the so-called "Rio-Niteroi" is now being used, almost now Official name is not used.




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◆ Penang Bridge (Penang Bridge)
A bridge between the mainland Malaysia and Penang. It is the longest bridge in Malaysia with a total length of 13.5 km.




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◆ Vasco da Gama Bridge (Vasco da Gama Bridge)
Vasco da Gama Bridge, located in the capital of Portugal - Lisbon, is on the Tagus River (Tahoe River), including the high bridges and dedicated installation roads, it is 17.2 km in length and the longest in Europe. It was made for the purpose of alleviating congestion at other bridges in Lisbon.


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◆ Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Chesapeake Bay Bridge)
It is Bay Bridge over Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 4.3 miles in length (about 7 km). The official name is "William · Preston · Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge" which was named as a state governor with the name of the person who advanced construction.




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◆ King · Fahd · Causeway (King Fahd Causeway)
Bridges between Middle Eastern island countries Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. In 1982, foundation was laid by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and King of Sheikh Isa Bin Salman · Harrya of Bahrain and was completed in 1986.






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◆ Tokai Ohashi (Donghai Bridge)
As the bridge across the sea, Tokai Bridge is the longest in Asia. It is a bridge with a total length of 32.5 km completed in 2005, connecting Yangshan International deep-water port off Shanghai to Shanghai Nanhui District. Currently it is a six-lane road bridge, but a railroad bridge is supposed to be installed at the second phase construction.




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◆ Pontchart Lake Causeway (Lake Pontchartrain Causeway)
The longest bridge in the world crossing Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. It connects Médéville with Meteor in the outskirts of New Orleans, and its length is about 39 km.




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